Love Bomb

I can't remember the last time I turned off my cell phone.  Seriously... I mean, who turns off their cell phones anymore?  With 'silent' and 'vibrate' settings for meetings and such there's really no need. 

Or so I thought.

I was trying to make a call yesterday when my cell phone suddenly started acting a little hinky... you know, giving me error messages and saying that it didn't recognize the network.  So I figured, what the heck... It's not much different from a computer... I'll just reboot the damned thing.

I turned off the phone, took out the battery, reseated the SIM card and put it all together again before pressing the ON button. 

When it had cycled through the start-up process and played the catchy little Nokia theme song, a brief message flashed on the screen:

I love you soooo much Abba!!!

Love Ariella <3

Apparently, some time during the past year my daughter had surreptitiously changed my phone's programmable 'Welcome Note' to something a bit more personal.  Her message was like a little 'love bomb'... with a delayed fuse... waiting to go off in my heart whenever I would restart my phone.

I think tonight when everyone is asleep, I'll sneak upstairs and plant a little love bomb of my own on Ariella's and Gilad's cell phones.  It may be months before the bombs go off... but considering the warm 'after-shocks' that are still going off in my heart... it's certainly worth the wait.

[Note:  Most cell phones allow you to program a 'Welcome Note' (this is usually found in the 'Settings'/'Phone Settings' menu).  My guess is that this feature was designed so people could program in their names and addresses in case the phone is lost.  But I know from experience that whenever I've found a lost cell phone I simply scroll through the address book for listings such as 'Home' or 'Mom' or 'Dad' in order to contact the owner.  So why not use this little feature to plant a little 'love bomb' in someone's phone.  Trust me... it'll make their week.]