susandennis | Oct. 19th, 2021

Oct. 19th, 2021

I am so ready. Google, take my money, please. This and Biggie (and, really a few dozen other things) are my indulgence. I don't cruise. I don't even leave town. I can't buy a new car cause the one I want isn't even made. I'm happy where I live and don't need to move. So I buy the fancy phone and today's the day. And I'm excited.

I was involved in a lot of product announcements during my IBM years. And I know what it takes to do what Google (and the rest) do to put together those shows. It's sausage making that takes weeks. I thought about them this weekend when they were rehearsing their butts off and felt like fer sure the whole thing was going to bomb. I thought about them yesterday when it finally looked like it was all coming together and the damn demos worked right for the first time. So been there so done that. It's thrilling and exhausting.

And... new phone!

Biggie's fine today. He's so affectionate and into me. It's so different than pre-flying Biggie. If he's under the bed and I sit on the floor, he'll come right out. This morning, while I was on the treadmill he got off the bed and went into the closet. In a bit I got his medicine and sat on the floor and he came right out, got the shot and some head rubs and went back in to finish his nap.

New phone is not his thing.

The rest of the day is a blank slate. I washed all the clothes yesterday and put them all away. I made the rest of the ginger cookies and froze them for cookie emergencies.

I do have a couple of very small sewing projects. Tops I bought at Goodwill need pockets. The other project that would be perfect for today is Last Pass. I keep all my passwords and info in there and I need to clean it up. My brother has access so that if he ever needs to take over or I get hit by a bus, he will have clear sailing. But, in it's current state, he'd mostly be 'wtf was she thinking???!!!'

Time to get dressed and get more coffee. According to the Google countdown clock, I only have 59 minutes!

Before the Google event was over, I had made all of my purchase options on their website and filled my cart. But, when I got to 'buy', it errored out over and over and over again. It wasn't just me. BUT apparently, it wasn't everyone because...

After 3 hours of hitting refresh (and, yes, I am not proud of that), I got a non error message. They were sold out. Sorry.

Best Buy and B&H, where I could have gotten the phone are, of course, by now, sold out as well.

So there will be no Take My Money for me today. I'm pissed.

Oh and all the launch day sympathy I sent? The whole damn thing was pre-recorded. And not that smoothly either. GRRRRRRRR

I went back because after hours of doing the same thing, doing it one more time was hard not to do.

Only this time it let me order the one I wanted, the size, the color and with the options I wanted. It did not give me expedited shipping which I wanted and did give me financing which I was waffling about and decided against. But, whatever. I'm actually ok with the financing - it's 0% interest and my credit score needed a loan/payment situation so ok fine. The phone should be here by next Thursday.

I'm still kind of pissed but it's more just left over than anything else.

After checking on him a bunch all morning, I finally went back and sat down on the floor to snuggle with Biggie. He came to me readily and we rubbed for a while. Then I got up to go and invited him to come eat something but he just stood there. So finally, I picked him up and carried him to the food which he ate with gusto.

Then he come over to sit with me in the recliner. He's very actively watching the birds. Watching only. So far. I hope. The door is open so he can also hear them. This is a test.