iLove my iPhone

We just got iPhones last month now that they are available on Verizon. I spend a significant time waiting around these days, usually for the kids to do whatever activities they are doing.

"i" am loving mine! Even more remarkable is that my self-declared luddite husband is loving his too. I love being able to be connected to everything at all times. Just yesterday I was stuck at the car dealership getting some service done and it took longer than expected. But I was able to make it a great 2 hours because I had my iPhone. With a phone, internet, Words With Friends, and Bejeweled Blitz, there will be nary a dull moment again! As long as the 3G network is working, of course.

The biggest downside to the iPhone is that it is addicting. So much so that I'm not getting to bed early enough....because I'm playing with my phone at the end of the day. Just one last check....one last turn...can't put it down.....

And because it does everything so easily, efficiently and quickly, its actually making me noticeably more impatient. I've found that the only way to become a more patient person is actually to wait. A lot. So, by not having to wait for things, like my Google calendar and email, to come up on our laptop (which seems to hang if you just look at it wrong), I'm actuallly becoming less patient. That isn't a good thing.

It isn't good because the reality is that we have to wait for things. That isn't going to change.
I'm actually waiting right now. The new sofa, chair and ottoman I ordered from Macy's 8 weeks ago is due to arrive in less than an hour. When I ordered it, the sales guy told me that the vendor says it will take 6 weeks, but in his experience it usually only takes 4. So, my expectations were set for 4 weeks -- 6 weeks at the outside.

Well, 6 weeks came and went. I called Macy's and got a different sales guy. He told me that he actually always lies to the customer and gives them a date 2 weeks further out than the arrival date listed in the computer. So, he told me if I didn't get any response by 8 weeks, to call back again. Just before the 8 week deadline, they emailed me to let me know my furniture was ready for delivery! That was last Wednesday. Great! I thought, because we were hosting a shindig for my dad's 80th birthday at our house on that Saturday. But no, the earliest delivery date would be the following Tuesday. Which is today.

Waiting. But at least I can play with my iPhone while I wait.