absence

I have tried to stay away from the personal type posts on this blog, but some things are inevitable. My phone died a few weeks ago and i have just recently gotten a replacement...or should I say "replacement". Right before my birthday, like 2 days before, the screen on my Shine (Isla) went black. I had been having problems with the screen for months but it would go black and a quick reset would fix the problem. Not so this time, when my screen went from this

to this:

Screen images not simulated. As far as I can tell the phone is fine and the problem is with the screen. I couldn't tell what text messages I was getting or who was calling me, so i just decided to stop answering (sorry). Thanks to anyone who called/ texted me on my birthday. This is why i didn't answer. Sorry Mom. So, my cousin got me a replacement phone (don't ask don't tell) and it looks like this:

only instead of a mountain it has a shot of two sticks rubbing together. There's no charger for it so i have to use my aunts universal car charger with the different adapters you can change to fit your phone. Trying indeed. but at least I can be in contact with the world again. Also if you try and call me please leave a message so i can get your number. Oh yeah I lost all my numbers except for the ones i was able to figure out from the text messages i got. :(