The day started at the Apple Store, trading in my old phone for a new one — a spur of the moment notion that was supported by availability a day after the iPhone 15s launched.
I thought I’d get a box to ship the old phone back at leisure but nope… This meant either sitting in the Apple store for hours or just activating the phone, dealing with two factor authentication and starting fresh.
I did the latter. The most important bits live in the cloud (contacts, photos, bookmarks and whatnot), but all installed apps and tabs went away — which turned out to be a refreshing meditation and cleanse.
From there we sat on 100 couches at other department stores and went to pick up a new water filter pitcher. I avoided buying any of the Star Wars kitchen appliances, Nestlé Strawberry Nesquik and the Taylor Swift magazine.
