Hahahaha, that still makes me laugh after all these years. "Quick call me on my mobile" is from this mobile phone commercial I used to see all the time when I was studying abroad in Italy. It was a goofy commercial but that was the only part in English so a bunch of us used to go around repeating that line.

Unfortunately after tomorrow no one will be calling me on my mobile. Today I canceled my cell phone service! Yes, I am actually excited about this.

No, that's not my current phone, but it is the first mobile phone I ever owned and I'm feeling all nostalgic.

Back in 1995 or 1996 I was working at the Associates and taking classes at community college and let the smooth talking Southwestern Bell sales guy at the Wal*Mart kiosk talk me in to buying a phone & signing a 2 year contract for service I did not need and could never afford to actually use. I had free weekends and holidays but the minute usage charges were ridiculous and confusing. Peak. Off Peak. Roaming. Long Distance. Ah it was a different world then. I broke that contract within a year and some debt collector probably still has record of that old account somewhere.

Since then I've almost always had a mobile phone. I've been with companies that no longer exist or exist under other names now. PrimeCo, Voicestream/T-Mobile, Cingular/ATT and most recently Sprint (where I also worked for a brief 10 months weeks last year).

Not long ago I used to think I'd never be able to live without a cell phone, but I have spent the last couple of weeks weening myself off the texts, tweets, and various web data use which is pretty much how I've used my mobile phone recently: A Time Waster with a monthly recurring charge.
Something to mess with to kill time, when I'm bored, to pretend to be occupied and/or busy in uncomfortable situations? I rarely make & receive phone calls and can't remember the last time I had an emergency or was in a situation where having access to the phone made me feel safer. Truth is I'm almost always with someone (my husband, friends) or somewhere (work, home) with a phone if I do need to make a call.

I've been trying to stop spending money, pay off debt and get back to a simpler life. Freeing myself of the mobile phone habit and expense just made sense. And really, who is going to miss my mobile tweets?