Dial Tone

I think I'm going to discontinue my phone service when I move to a new apartment next week. I never use my phone at home, now that I work so much and have a cell.

It'll be weird to not have a land line though - I've never been without a "real" phone number...I feel like I'll become less permanent, that I'll lose something stable...not have a home base. I'm worried about becoming unreachable and disconnected.

I can't believe a plastic box with buttons and a constant tone could be so important and comforting to me.