This post was supposed to be all tongue in cheek.

So jokingly desperate in a desire to keep the phone.

To express that our short 6 week “trial” period to review this fun bit of a toy.

For weeks on twitter (hashtag of #VZWhAPPy will show you everyone’s reactions to the phone) I was jokingly wondering if they noticed that I’d returned my crummy little LG in place of the Droid. How my husband took it to work and declared he didn’t like it…that it was more of a “toy” than a phone.

Unlike most of the world that became addicted to Angry Birds as they played with the phone…

I found a different game.

One filled with bubbles…and my frustration at trying to pop them all.

Bubble Blast became my biggest addiction.  I played it constantly.

My son found a few games and kept trying to snatch away the Droid at every opportunity.

My Droid went with me EVERYWHERE.

I tweeted. I facebooked. I played. I used all the camera apps I could.

If I was to be honest, the one thing I didn’t do a lot on it was make phone calls.

My one problem (that probably would have been solved if I’d read the manual) is that I kept hanging up on people with my cheek, or muting them. Even when the screen went black, one touch of my cheek seemed to activate it. I couldn’t figure out how to stop that from happening.

But then, my world turned upside down.

We were given the Droid for the Holiday season…to help make it easier/happier.

I never knew the impact it would have when my baby ended up THERE.

I didn’t realize how cathartic it would be to be able to tweet as we waited for an admissions receptionist that my baby was being admitted.

To be able to text/tweet/facebook w/ a Droid when my regular phone had no service.

To be able to use the games to distract my baby from her procedures. From the WAIT TIMES for procedures.

To watch her face light up with delight and ask for the “black phone” and the Sponge Bob game…instead of crumbling into tears at the wait or the upcoming procedure.

To be able to pull it out quick and get some amazing footage of my baby singing Christmas carols in the middle of the night when she refused to sleep.

The Droid filled the empty spaces.

No hospital stay is fun.

But the Droid helped.

I never expected to WANT to give it back.

But I really never expected just HOW MUCH it would come to my aide in this time.

My Verizon upgrade isn’t until November.  I will feel the loss of this phone on so many levels.

So many thanks to Cherie for hosting the event that brought us this phone.

To Verizon Wireless (Michelle) and Kyle Communications for sponsoring the event and our trial periods with these phones.

Overall the phone was a WONDERFUL joy to our family.  The few problems I had (battery life @the end of my 6 weeks has been BAD…and the aforementioned hanging up problem) were far outweighed by the good and the happiness that was brought to us…the added peace it helped for us in the days in the hospital.