Did you know?

Did you know it's Christmas? Yes, I know it's May. And, yes, I know it's only for me. And finally, yes, I know it's not nice to rub it in other people's faces (i.e. you). But, I'm so excited!

Sometime this week I'll be getting the Nokia N800 AND the Nokia N95. Also in the near future a new Nokia BH-801 bluetooth headset should be showing up. Okay, I think a few of you had your eyes glaze over. This all may mean nothing to you, but if you only knew, you could appreciate this.

First, the headset isn't that exciting except it's a perk for work. I already have a bluetooth headset I love and two more backups. I'm thinking of posting pics in the near future.

The N800 is an internet tablet. It's WiFi based and will simply serve as a toy for at home and work and anywhere else I could be bored with WiFi. I'm also hoping to compress some videos and use it as a media device for Bella when we fly to Colorado for vacation. There will have to be about a million things there to entertain an 18 month old on a airplane; ideally Blue and Dora will be a couple. PS-this is free too. I took a perk from work and traded it for something I wanted more. Shh...don't tell. :)

Finally (cue Alleluia Choir), the Nokia N95. For some of you more technically inclined (yes, geeks), you are probably shaking your head at the obviousness of this. But, for those of you not, let me spell this out. This is a mobile phone convergence device, or as Nokia calls them, it's a multimedia computer. I'll spell it out: phone, GPS, 5mp camera, mp3 player, podcast player, video recorder (DVD quality), internet (WiFi), bluetooth, PDA capabilities (calendar, contacts, sync to computer, etc), email...do I need to keep going? Oh, it has a $750 price tag. Yeah, I'm getting it for $0. Let's just say compensation for some empty or slow moving promises at work.

Okay, so it looks like I get a lot of toys for free. Yes, it works out that way, but it's not usually all at once. Things usually happen once or twice a year, if the company or client decides to toss a perk at us. It just happens that everything built up from delays, and they're all coming in at once, hence, Christmas.

I'm done clicking my heels and screaming, "yippee!" Alright, I may do it once they show up, but I'm done on here. Thanks for dealing with my uncontrollable urge to share.