how cool is this????

Okay, I’m probably the last person on earth to get a picture phone – and I only got one because my old phone (which wasn’t at all old but was kind of a cheap little thing) had gotten to where it didn’t hold a charge and I never heard it ring and it was – quite honestly – boring. I hated the ring tones when I did hear them, and you couldn’t do anything FUN with it. I started looking around and Verizon was having a deal where if you extend your contract you could get a picture phone for $30. Naturally I didn’t decide to do it until the deal was over, but it was just $50 anyhow. And quite honestly, I felt like since our parents are getting in such bad shape and we need to be very accessible and I’ve always got my phone on now, I could at least buy myself a FUN phone. So, I ordered a fun phone.

And it is REALLY fun – not only does it take photos, it takes video! And you can send them to a website to store, which pleased me as I actually woke up in the middle of the night before it arrived, thinking, "oh no – how do I get the photos from the phone to the computer???" I really had no idea how they worked. But it’s a breeze – you just take the photo and tell the phone to send it to your inbox. Of course I’m probably going to find this is costing me like a million dollars – I THINK it’s just airtime and I always have lots of that left over since I never use the phone (until now) but I guess I’ll find out.

So. I’ve been taking pictures.

This is like the most unflattering picture ever, but it amuses me since it was around midnight and I’d spent HOURS trying to get the cats to be still and let me take their pictures. For this one I drug Stella into the bathroom where there was more light. Note the patient look on Stella’s face. And my Crazy Doll hair. 

Today is Freshman Move In Day, and the traffic is just ghastly. I mean, more ghastly than usual, and it’s always pretty horrible here. I kept trying to take pictures of all the traffic, until I started to seriously fear I was going to be taking a picture of me rearending someone. Which would be handy for the insurance company, having the photographic evidence and all, but not such a good thing for me. So here I am sitting in traffic. Still have the Crazy Doll Hair thing going on. My skin is not usually so odd and multicolored, either. Obviously this isn’t the greatest camera in the world, but it sure is fun.

And, finally, my office. This is why I am about to lose my mind. And now I really must go as we have the Dreaded Orientation Meeting Monday for the student teachers, and I’m not ready. Of course. I just can’t quit playing with my new toy.