My iPhone 3G Story (In Case You Cared)

July 11, 2008 - a historic day? Probably not. :)

4:30 am - my alarm goes off (not so early considering I was in bed by 6:30 last night)

4:38 am - finally dragged my ass outta bed

5:30 am - out the door (it's dark outside)

5:37 am - nestled into my spot in line (I was amazed so many people were there so early in the morning - apparently the first couple of people had been there since the store closed on Thursday - started reading/interneting for entertainment)

7:30ish am - AT&T guys started arriving for work (made us shift the line down to another sidewalk because we were blocking doors to other stores - I didn't like the "new" sidewalk - it was cold - and the sprinklers came on)

there was a lot of clipboarding going on from the staff - head counts and then what product are you expecting to purchase

7:45ish am - the AT&T guys started handing out free water

8:00 am - the doors open (finally)

8:20 am - I realize that the 15 minutes per person as predicted online wasn't going to be the case (I email my boss to say that I'm running later than expected)

8:30 am - I have to pee - the line is barely moving

8:57 am - yay! I'm next in line to walk into the store

9:05 am - finally I'm purchasing the phone (it's not activated because Apple couldn't handle the all the activations - sucks!)

9:15ish am - leaving AT&T with my new iPhone 3G (I open as I'm waiting at various red lights on my way to work)

9:33 am - arrived at work (currently without phone at all...sigh - seems kind of ironic - one of the firsts to purchase yet still without phone)

Well, either way I have my new phone and as soon as Bryan gets home he'll have a "new" one too. (Anyone interested in the Blackjack II? - just checking) Standing in line for a product is something I have never done before. It was pretty interesting. You get to know the people around you pretty well. I liked the little group around me. Ya'll let me know if you wanna go stand in any more lines. Some people cut which sucks, but I always heard life isn't fair. As long as I get mine. Some guy came up a little before 9 to get customer support. He just ignored the lines and walked on in. He was quickly escorted out by the staff. Sorry dude, bad day to need non iPhone related help. They started locking the door after that. Um, yeah...that's against the law...you know the whole fire code thing.

Yeah, so there's my story. Not grand, but it makes for an interesting day. :) Be sure to tell me (and Bryan) how cool we look with our new iPhones.

Some non iPhone related news:
Wednesday night I went to class (it's sparring night). It was me and 5 young guys - all black belts. And I couldn't help thinking that one of these things is not like the other. Well, I sparred and lived. It was good experience. I even earned my red stripe for sparring. Later in the class the black belts practiced breaking boards. It was pretty intimidating. I'm really not looking forward to the day I have to do this, but it is a long way off.

I'm so ready for the weekend and Bryan's return.