From Wit’s End

I have been in possession of my new iPhone for about 24 hours, and it is COOL!

I was actually in the original iPhone line on Friday morning, but after two and a half hours, it was taking too long, so I left. I had showed up five minutes before opening time, and I was far back enough in line that the manager of the store told those around me that we were all “borderline” as to whether we would actually get one of the first seventy available that first day. It was an interesting experience, but I am glad that I left early. We’re currently trying to potty train Jack, and Rachel runs out of energy pretty quickly in this first trimester. I came back to the same store later in the afternoon and signed up for one by mean of what they called “direct fulfillment”, which basically means that they will special order it and contact you when it is in the store.

So I went to pick it up last night, and though they still had a little trouble with their computer system, it eventually all went through. On my way out of the store, I heard, “Hey, How’s it going?” I looked up and saw the guy that had been immediately ahead of me in the original line. I said “Hey! Did you get one?” He said, “Yeah, I was actually the last one to get one.”