Rechargable Life

As a sort of adjunct to my Backlogged Life, I've come to realize just what a slave to rechargable batteries I am. I mean, think about it - how many different rechargable items do you have? I spend far too much time worrying about my batteries running down.

Stuff I Gotta Recharge

• My cell phone. And as I'm an relatively infrequent user of a cell phone, and none of our cars have a power outlet that gives power with the key off (the Explorer at least had one of them that did), it means my phone is always running low on charge, because I just never remember to put it on the charger.
• Four (yes four) cordless phones. These usually aren't a problem because you can just "hang them up", but they always seem to be running low on charge anyway. And then they all too quickly stop taking any recharge any more. It got so bad with my office phone, my boss even offered to pay for a regular corded phone so I would be available!
• My mouse. I have, and really love, my Logitech MX700 cordless mouse, even for highpowered online shooters, but it's always crying out for a recharge. In fact, right now it's little red light is blinking at me. And I will amost certainly forget to put it on its charger tonight and then I'll be out of luck. I try to throw it on before I call it a night every night, but often forget. And I'm probably screwing it up somehow by doing it anyway.
• My electric shaver. This one is annoying because I'd rather just leave it plugged in, but the instructions warn against it. In fact, I screwed up my previous one because I left it plugged in. And the shame of it is, I rarely, if ever, really need a cordless razor, as I'm almost always by a plug.
• My Palm Pilot. Again, it's a shame because I rarely actually use it, but it is particularly useless if it isn't charged.
• My camera flash. I have a "heavy duty" battery for my external flash, giving it extra juice and quick recharge times. But it is currently dead anyway, I think :-(

And that doesn't count the two things Gabrielle has (cell phone and palm pilot), which I sometimes have to worry about. Or the gazillion rechargable batteries we have around for toys, remote controls, etc. Or rechargable toys, like the drivable Corvette the girls have, or my little toy RC car. Or the anciet laptop I have for playing DOS games.

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