I feel stupid...

And apparently it's contagious.

I did something incredibly stupid yesterday. I was waiting to pick my kids up from choir, and noticed that their director had put up the spring schedule. It was the one time I wished I still used a PDA, because I didn't have anything to write the dates down on.

Then it ocurred to me: I could use my cell phone to text the dates to my work email address (yes, I have myself in my contact list, for just this reason), then I'd have them today to put into my Outlook calendar (and, yes, I do realize that I'm only steps away from this). So I popped into Contacts, selected myself, and opted for Send a New Text Message, popped in the dates, and sent it off, poof, into the ether.

And almost immediately got a text message. With the dates. On my phone...

(facepalm)

So, I was telling that story at lunch today, and, after laughing hysterically, the two people I was with (who shall remain nameless to protect the innocent) shared some of their facepalm moments.

Person 1 shared that one day recently, (while safely stopped at a red light) she was texting a friend. The light turned, she put the phone down, and then thought to herself, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if there were a device that could send messages like text messages, but you could just speak into???"

And then realized that there is...a phone!

Person 2 shared that once while browsing in a book store, and wanting more books than she could reasonably buy, she thought, "Gee, I wish there were a place where you could just BORROW the books for awhile to read!"

Yep. And realized that it's the library!

So at least I'm not alone!
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