MY IPOD IS IN DISK MODE!!! HELP, I'm going nuts

It's been working great. Loading up my itunes stuff. Going walking, It played great. Well, I went to use it this morning. I had left my headphones plugged in. (Maybe you are not supposed to do this?)
It says "Disk Mode, DO NOT DISCONNECT. (I just connected it to my computer hoping it would stop saying 'SAFE TO DISCONNECT".
That's what it had been doing since this morning. It had a big check in the middle of the screen and it said 'safe to disconnect".
Since it was NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING, I was confused. And I don't know which side the hold thing is supposed to be on. Should I see the orange thing, or not. What side should it be on when it's locked?
How do I get this thing to get out of Disk Mode?
Pulleeeeze help!!!
Melody

Thank you so much.
But just in case I have to buy another one. (This one is about 4 years old). I don't need anything fancy, no video or anything. And I don't want to shuffle anything. I just want to go walking, select the tunes I want and do my thing. So if I have to buy a new one, do they still sell the IPOD nano. Or do I have to buy some fancy updated version. I know there are 1st generation, 2nd generation, ones with videos, etc. Do you have any idea how much a simple Ipod Nano would cost??
Four years ago I paid $149 for mine. One would think (with all the newer versions), that maybe my little Ipod Nano would now being sold for half the price? Do I have a shot here?
Thank you so much for all your help!!!
Melody

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