Patience is a Virtue

My mom drilled that one into my head at a young age.  Mom, I've been practicing being patient a lot over the past two weeks!  On October 10, I ordered an iPhone.  I know, I know - you probably just gasped.  "Jasmin converted to Apple?!"  Why yes, yes I did.  When my beautiful new phone arrives in the mail, I'll tell you why I switched from Android to Apple, but for now I'm just going to share with you my experience being patient.

When I ordered the phone, I knew there was a 3-4 week wait time for shipping.  I also knew that I had the same phone for 2 years and 3 months, and even though it had stopped allowing me to make phone calls from my contact list and the WiFi no longer worked, I knew I could make it for 3-4 more weeks.  So I ordered my iPhone, and Apple said:

October 10, 2012

I then settled in for the long wait.  Except, since I was getting a new [really nice] phone I decided I should check out cases.  I found lots of pretty ones that I would love to have, but I decided I wanted to make sure my phone was well protected since I would be using it for another 2 years (and possibly pulling it in and out of my white coat pocket many times next year to double check information).  Kyle highly recommended the Otterbox Commuter (smaller than the Defender but still great protection) but I was having trouble deciding on a color.  I liked the aqua blue but not really the mineral blue in "Reflection" and while black was an option, it just didn't seem very pretty.  Something I had always admired about the iPhone was 1) how pretty the phone was and 2) how pretty the cases were.  In the end, I went with the "Reflection" case and I like what has now arrived at our apartment.  I'm really hopeful that I'll still like it when it's on the phone!

So for two weeks I was pretty patient.  Of course from time to time I would mention to Kyle "I really wish my phone was just here already" but I didn't whine or complain.  This week I started checking my Apple account every other day or so, hoping that just maybe Apple was stating "3-4 weeks" just to cover its butt and really it could arrive sooner.  Today, this is what I saw:

October 26, 2012

It definitely did not say this yesterday!  "Preparing for Shipment" is new!  And then after my burst of excitement, I realized this really doesn't mean much.  They still have 5 days until it's "3 weeks" and today is a Friday, so they're pretty much on schedule.  That doesn't change the fact that it feels like time is going by a little faster!

The funny thing is: November 8 is the day before an exam.  So really, if the phone arrives on the 8th, I think I'll wait until after the exam to open it.  But if it arrives sooner, I'll treat myself to a study break to set up the phone.  Now: time to practice some more patience.