Rewriting instead of doing. Sigh.

I only have three days left to hit my TO DO goal of 85% complete before vacation. This weekend I realized that a few things would pretty much drag me down. So I decided to spend a little quality procrastinating time reorganizing my priorities. I figure a short-term and long-term list will do the trick, with the short term stuff due before vacation, and the long term stuff due before October (which I just pulled randomly out of my ass). As long as I'm making progress toward the long-term tasks every week then I'm meeting my goal. I decided that if something would take longer than four or five hours to complete it would fall under long-term project (except all my paper sorting, because I want that done and over with already regardless of how long it takes, and except for the longer projects that I somehow already did). Italics indicate in process. 

( the ugly details. you can skip, this is mostly for me! )

Arg!! No matter how I slice it, I need to get busy!! Time is tick-tick-ticking. I want to have a shiny task-free vacation!

EDITED 8/17: Oh well, got to 82%. I can live with that, though. VACATION!

iPhone Lust, Redux

I ran a couple of errands at the mall today, and while there wandered into the Apple Store. Touched the iPhone for the first time. Ooh! So NICE!!!  It's much slimmer than I thought it would be. It feels nice in my hand. It's not heavy. 

Then I looked at the monthly plans. The iPhone only lets you use AT&T, which I think sucks for several reasons. AT&T's coverage isn't as good as Verizon's (my current plan). AT&T has a slow data transfer system.  AT&T has never been one of my favorite huge corporations. I like competition.

But when I compare it to my Verizon plan, it's looking a little more appealing:

Feature	AT&T	Verizon
Minutes	450 minutes ($59.99)	450 minutes ($39.99)
Data	Unlimited (inlcuded in price)	10MB only ($24.99)
SMS Messages	200 (included)	200 ($5.00)
Night & Wknd	5,000 minutes	Unlimited (included)
Rollover	YES	Hell no
Unlimited Mobile to Mobile	YES	Only to other Verizon phones
Monthly Total	$59.99 + tax	$75.99 + tax (i have insurance)

Assuming there is the same rate of taxation (ugh) I would save at least $15 per month.  Over a two year plan I'd save $360, which would almost pay for the phone. I can almost rationalize that!

I wonder if I'll make it all the way through the end of next week without a shiny new phone. *Resist* *Resist* (Next week is my birthday, and I find that week is the toughest to resist buying myself something. It's the week I got my Treo two years ago. In fact, my service contract is apparently up 8/25. Sigh.)