Irina went visited Masha today, but her mobile phone ran out of battery whilst at work. Although a little inconvenient by itself, the fact that Ira’s friend lives in an apartment block that has two locked doors and a lift that requires a card to get upstairs meant that just visiting her was a PITA. Eventually, some other residents arrived at the door, and let her in, however I still had to try and explain to Ira’s dad that she was OK, no longer at work, seeing a friend, and that her mobile phone was not working. (They normally speak each evening, and he would have been worried if he could not contact her without knowing the reason.
Anyway, Masha’s son has already grown a lot since I last saw him, so perhaps personalized baby clothes would not be the best idea; maybe you can get personalised toddler clothes?
Before I had a mobile phone, I had a pager, so could at least tell when someone wanted to contact me, if I wasn’t at home; before that, I’m guessing public payphones had a lot more traffic…