I just awoke from an 8.5 hour sleep which is around three hours longer than my norm. That's an indicator of how exhausted I was after WonderCon but it's not the best indicator. The best indicator is that last night, when I wrote up the story of having to get by without my wallet and the necessary items within, I forgot to include the punch line. Here's the rest of the tale…
So I decide it's time to get back home and because I'm not driving these days (knee problems), I call an Uber on my cell phone. Lacking a wallet and credit cards, the cell phone saved my life. I get into the Uber, the driver heads for the 5 freeway and a few minutes into the ride, the screen on the cell phone begins to go off and on, off and on, off and on. I know I'm low on power but not that low.
Fortunately, my computer case is in the Uber with me and in it, I have one of those portable iPhone battery chargers I touted here. It brings the screen back up long enough for me to take this screen shot —
— and then the whole thing goes dead for the rest of the ride home. It was like my phone said, "Okay, you don't need me anymore on this trip!" I think I need to go have a new battery installed.