In iOS, I cannot copy a block of text from within an SMS message that I have received. I can only copy the entire block of text. I end up pasting it into Notes, and THEN selecting only the text that I want, which I then paste into its final destination app.
Make sure that you are sipping from the side opposite the seam that runs up the side of the cup. If you have a lid, put the hole on that opposite side as well. I believe this reduces the dripping.
Windows apparently starting up and launching apps quickly but then requiring over a minute before anything will actually respond.