Sometimes it just doesn't work out.

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I am just going to give up on the phone.  I can't get the volume up well enough to hear easily, voicemail doesn't work, it doesn't work with the earbuds I purchased, or those are not working.  Plus
two cases... one was going to be returned anyway.  I can't replace the protective screen, of course.  But all else is going back, save a wireless charger.

I am thinking about getting out of the smartphone system.  I'm not interested in buying $1k phones that last a few years, or even $500 phones.  They don't work well, they steal data, they are expensive, and their dealers are obnoxious.  I really don't need a smart cell phone, perhaps a cell phone at all.  I'll see if they have a simple flip phone, and make sure it works before leaving.

Tech is a joke.  Tech support is as bad.  They don't seem to know how things work, how they are supposed to work, or how to get them to work.  It shouldn't be that difficult.  Days, and hours each day, spent trying to get a simple service to work, after days just getting the phone to work.  If, too, it looks like the service provider was trying to make the phone hang.  Can't trust anyone.  My mother received a new phone.  Just went flip phone too.  Troubles with it as well.  Still, it's cheaper.  If I must pay for a crappy phone, might as well pay less.

I have to wonder what happens if more people quit cell service?  I don't see many doing it.  Even those who are broke and unemployed seem to find a way to keep their phones.  Or are the providers not shutting off service for non-payment at the moment?  Would hate to see an addiction get squelched?  I am really thinking about just getting out of the phone thing.  Land lines aren't really any better.  All by mail?  That would really get em' mad.  All good.  Thinking on it.

I did a check.  I can have two thighs for dinner or supper, and still have enough calories to have two more... or the equivalent... for food today.  I am just learning how to calculate calories and such.  I may have to change some of my food preferences... fewer calories?  More food available to eat!  I really like feeling full.  And two, even four, thighs, for pretty much a whole day, is fairly slim.  Chicken breast, my mother says.  She may be right, if I will have to practice cooking it.  More expensive, but buy it with skin, and bone in, and diy it for some savings.

Oh, I did call her again today.  To find out how she made goulash.  She has two methods.  I want to try the method which is new to me, but that would require either two pans or that I consume pasta.  *sigh*  I hate tempting choices.  I called again, because something seemed off the other day.  I could have just let it go, but I... wanted to check.  Being homebound is really bothering her.  I understand.  I've been, mostly, stuck at home for the last thirty years.  Even when I was in college, it was a brutal thing... to get out even a few times a week.  I loved being out, but it hurt so much.  It's taking a toll on her.  I can't help, but I could call and talk a bit more... try to have something to talk about.  Questions she might be able to answer.  I do worry, a bit, more so now.

Later.