iSpoiled

When the iPhone first came out a year or two ago I was immediately enamored..but the sort of enamored which would be about like having a crush on Brad Pitt. Sure, he's nice to look at, but c'mon, he's not meant for mere mortals.
That's what the iPhone was like for me. For one thing, the price was way too high. The handset itself, the data plan to go with it - completely priced beyond our means.

For another, it was only available w/ AT&T and I have been with T-Mobile for at least a decade (actually, since before it was T-Mobile -- I was with VoiceStream before T-Mobile acquired them in mid-2000) and I figured I am or was locked into another 2 year contract or something.

And then a series of events took place with just the right timing..that worked out in the most unexpectedly positive ways for me: the new 3G phone came out with a lower price, there was a bit of a change in my role at work, a corporate policy change and then a corporate cell phone provider contract change...and next thing you know - I'm on AT&T with an iPhone. It just fell in my lap.
Well, that and a little expenditure on our part.



This is more technology than I ever needed or even knew I wanted.
It's even better than I thought. It feels extravagant. I just explained it to a colleague like this: it's like going in to a car dealership expecting to buy a used Toyota sedan with high miles. It'll be reliable transportation and get you to work.
And by some strange fortunate twist in fate you end up driving off the lot in a brand new Saab convertible. Turbo. Loaded. Beautiful. For the same price.

On the one hand, I really love it. On the other I feel somewhat guilty..a bit like: "I could have bought two goats for an impoverished family in the Durame area in Ethiopia for what I've spent on a gadget that lets me check Facebook on a whim or watch YouTube while riding the bus home from work."
Was it really necessary?
Heck no.
Does it feel like a treat every time I look at it, touch it or hear it ring?
Heck yeah.

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In other news...we're about to go Road Tripping. Jeff and the kids are coming with me on a business trip. THIS should be interesting.
Normally I go to far flung places on an airplane and work myself around the clock..8 to 10 hours at the client site and then another 6+ hours in the hotel room. Work until I drop.

This time..it'll be long days at the client site, but then I'll come back to the hotel and my kids and hubby will be there. That ought to keep me from overworking a bit. It will definitely be less lonely. :)

We're going to rural Missouri. Hopefully we find good weather and interesting sites along the way.