Who Needs a Bluetooth When You Can Text?

So everyone is making such a big fuss these days over the new hands-free cellphone law. Big Deal.

For Lauren, this has never been a problem, because as many of you who attempt to call her now understand, the girl will text in any situation, but she is really not too keen on the whole answering the phone when it's ringing gig. Go figure.

To Lauren, why would you spend 2 minutes on a phone call when you could text back and forth for an hour trying to describe how good these new $200 jeans make her butt look?

To most of us it doesn't add up, but most of us are not Lauren.

So, a while back Lauren had the duty of driving my truck while I rode shotgun through the wild streets of Santucky. For her, maneuvering the F-150 is a rare and special treat, although it does induce sweaty palms for her.

Well, while riding next to my truck-driving bride I notice that she is texting someone.

Normally texting and driving, while not advisable by the CHP, me or anyone, is simply a fact of life . . . it happens.

But again most of us do not own Lauren's colorful driving record either.

So, with my shiny truck barely a few months old, and knowing that driving this beast freaks her out, I said very politely, "Honey, do you think you should be texting & driving, especially in the truck?"

Of course this got Hermoine all ready to cast a spell on me.
Full of indignation and anger she spewed back, and I quote, "I'm not MISSPELLING ANY OF THE WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

To which I said, "Who cares about the spelling, I'm saying don't text cause you might crash the dang car!"

OMG . . . Like I was so worried that the act of driving would take away from her stellar Akeelah and the Bee spelling skills!

Only Lauren would think the worst possible outcome of texting & driving would be forgetting that i comes after e except after c.