It’s been a rough couple of days for my gadgets. I’d made plans to leave LA Wednesday morning and arrive in Denver late Thursday, with an overnight stop somewhere in between. Things didn’t get started as I’d hoped. My present for waking up in the morning was a dead cell phone. A few tries to reboot and removing the battery didn’t work. After checking in at the Verizon store my only options were to either sign a new contract to get a new phone relatively cheap or buy a phone at the retail price. Since I’ve been looking to switch over to AT&T I didn’t want to sign a new 2 year contract and paying $200+ retail for a phone is just ridiculous at this point, unless it’s an iPhone. So, there I went over to the AT&T store where I signed up for a 2 year contract, but no iPhone yet. The deal comes with a 30 day return policy. Here’s hoping the new version of the iPhone comes out by June 19 so I can exchange the phone I bought.

That’s not the end of it. On Thursday morning as I was getting ready to leave St. George, UT, where I had spent the night, the cigarette lighter no longer worked. Now, this wouldn’t be a big deal if I didn’t need the power to run my GPS and iPod. Let’s just say the 11 hours it took to get from St. George to Denver wasn’t pretty as I had only 3 CD’s worth of music to listen to… over and over and over again. I was able to turn the GPS on and off every hour or so to get the battery to last until Denver. Not that it’s very hard to get here once you’re out of the LA area.

So, I’ve been up for a few hours now and nothing else seems to be broken. But, as my brother was so nice to remind me, these things come in 3′s. Anyone want to take a guess at what gadget is going to break next?