So, everyone is blogging these days. I finally jumped on the bandwagon – it just seems like the thing to do. But what does one blog about? More importantly, what won’t bore people to tears? Such has been my dilemma for the past two weeks, sitting in front of the stark white page on my brand new iPad 2. Yes, I said iPad 2, I guess I AM behind the times. Especially since the iPad 3 is coming out in about 3 weeks… And if I waited just one more week, I could have returned this to get myself the new fangled model. But that kind of thinking doesn’t work for those of us with an aching need for instant gratification… But that’s another story all together.

I finally got to writing when I stopped caring what I wrote about. Or more truthfully, stopped caring what people thought about what I wrote about. Who cares if the only one reading this is me? That kind of thinking started the creative juices flowing, sort of like singing in the shower. Except I’m too chicken for that, my newborn might hear!! So what am i going to write about? I still have no idea whatsoever. I guess I’ll start with something I know almost everything about, or at least THINK I do… My life, my kids, my day… I know what you’re thinking- how over-done. So sue me 🙂 after all, I am about 5 years behind the technology I so graciously thought I was ahead of, so my blog might as well start out like that, too!

I think I’ll start with this awesome piece of wonderful sitting in my lap right now. You guessed it, my iPad. See, along with being a full time student, I also worked enough this year to collect a pretty hefty tax refund. So added up with my financial aid refund which comes around the same time, it has been a pretty nice month. After paying bills and buying a few gifts to ease the guilt of throwing down so much money for a device that I will probably never want to share, I stared researching my options. Well, it’s not like I haven’t known about them for about as long as they’ve been around. We’ve all had to do it. Do I need 3G or don’t I? How many gigs am I going to need? After googling opinions for about 40 hours straight, and pestering my fiancé all day and night with my hemming and hawing, he finally dragged me to the Apple store. I use the term “dragged” very loosely here… The idea I kept telling myself is that I was only going to look and maybe get some questions answered. I wasn’t going to buy anything, no way…

So, we walk in the Apple store, which had more employees than customers as is the case about an hour before they close when there isn’t something new and wonderful releasing. With about fifteen employees milling about helping about 4 customers, I was shocked that I wasn’t immediately pounced upon like a hundred dollar bill. Not only was there no pouncing, but there was so helping, greeting, or smiling of any kind! Granted, I wasn’t dressed to the nines like the remaining three patrons, but I wasn’t looking like s hobo, either. When I finally got one of the employees to talk to me, it was every obvious that he was more interested in the ceiling than answering my questions. So of course, I started breaking out the big guns. Recall I had been obsessively researching the iPad for a while now, so I started asking about the processor, how much memory this or that uses, and was going back and forth between 32 and 64GB, which he did not take seriously at all. He made a terrible mistake. The unenthusiastic associate quickly passed me off to another, much more cordial employee whom I enjoyed talking to very much! I don’t know what the difference was, maybe he noticed that my fiancé and I both sported iPhone 4’s, mine being the 4S, or maybe it was my 2 year old sporting her very own iPhone (yes, don’t judge, I gave her my old 3 after purchasing my upgrade and filled it with educational toddler and per-k games). So, I started throwing my wallet around. Why? Because I could. I guess I had a “Pretty Woman” moment. I went for the 64GB 3G iPad 2. Why save $100 for something I will regret not buying in the future? And just to rub it in a little more, I threw in an Apple TV. Why not? I have money to burn once a year, so I was going to do it right. Now I know what you are probably thinking, why would I even give them a cent after such poor customer service? I’m not just saying that they didn’t help me right away, I mean I had to go track someone down after milling around the store for almost 45 minutes! I should have just ordered online. But herein the problem with instant gratification again… I guess pride took over. Big time. But I can happily say I am completely and totally ecstatic. And I’m sure the salesman who eventually helped me feels the same way!

I started downloading apps for school. I had to make it look like a necessary investment if I was going to sleep at night! Then I started downloading anything and everything. Which brings us to today. I have completely slacked off at school, but have mastered some pretty terrific, visually striking apps! Maybe I’ll make my next blog about my favorites…

Well, that’s it for now, we’ll see how this goes. I wonder if anyone is reading this… And if so, why in god’s name would you? 🙂 it’s about 2:50am, so I think I’ll end my ramblings for the night. Sweet dreams!