The Octopus of Charging Cords

Every night when I get in bed I have the nightly usb plugging event. I have a watch that gets charged on a cord that just magnetically sticks to the back. I have my iPad and my phone and then any number of auxiliary items that all require USBs. My light up mirror, my flossing machine, etc, etc.

It is like an octopus of white cords and I don’t have one for every item. So then I have to decide who gets juice and for how long. Of course my phone takes priority, but I really hate when my Apple Pencil runs out and the only way to charge that is to have it connected to my iPad and have my iPad charging.

Lately my watch has been running out of power part of the way through the day if I have been listening to a book on audible and have gps driving directions on at the same time. I hate when I don’t have power to my watch, even though I have all the same capabilities and more in my pocket with my phone.

I can remember a time in my life, like maybe all of junior high school, when I didn’t even wear a watch. I was always in a room with a clock, why would I need a watch? Now I can’t stand to not have a watch. I am sure I don’t need one because whenever I look at my watch I am just confirming what time my internal clock has already told me it is. I am hardly ever off by more than five minutes.

But back to the charging situation. I could get more usb cords and have one for every item,but as it is now I have two different plugs that have two cords each, plugged into the same extension cord tucked into the wooden side rail of my bed. I fear catching myself on fire if I were to add more cords. So I guess I will just have to keep playing the merry-go-round of plugging in different items at different times. It would make too much sense just to move plugging something’s in at a different place in my house, but all these things I use in bedroom. I am just going to have to wait for the charge through the air technology or the no need for charging at all devices to come along. As long as I don’t have a bed fire before that.