@Cheri it is hilarious the way cellphones get in the way of everything, even fiction! I feel like I’m either always trying to negate its presence or else it becomes front-and-centre (usually in stories where tech “goes wrong”). And now I’m wondering if there are any real approaches to deal with it in a realistic-yet-not-annoying way. Have you read Don de Lillo’s White Noise? Written in another time but it’s a cool look at how information intrudes on us. He has random snippets of the always-on TV interjecting throughout the book; I love it.