Big Decisions

Sometimes being happy involves making big decisions. It's a chance to re-evaluate your priorities, step back, take a look at your life. Where should I go to college? Who should I marry? Should I buy the iPhone 4G?

I sat at home all day today in complete disarray. It comes out tomorrow. My entire family is getting one. My boyfriend is getting one. But I-- the sad little girl with the First Generation iPhone-- the girl who is told "get a new phone" every time she walks into an Apple store-- has not pre-ordered her new phone.

Should I? It's $200 more for me than the average person upgrading. I'm splitting the cost with my parents. I frantically went through my budget (luckily, I've been updating it faithfully every Sunday). Yes, I can afford it, barely. I would have to wake up around 3 am to run to the Apple store to wait for it to open at 7. I would have to skimp on food, and summer outings. But... I would have an iPhone 4G. The iPhone to kick all other iPhones in the toosh. The iPhone with the facetime application, two cameras, a retina screen (whatever that means)...

And then I started thinking. Would that really make me happy?

Absolutely. But you know what would make me even happier? Sleeping past 3 am.

Is that completely crazy of me? I can't decide. Part of me is still tempted to set my alarm and decide when it goes off (almost 3 hours from now). Part of me is telling myself I can stride into the store tomorrow afternoon and just order a phone to pick it up later in the month-- who cares about instant gratification, I get sleep. And part of me is saying, save your money. Buying a new phone will be a rush for like, an hour. Maybe a day, or a week, at most. But with $200, I can buy experiences that will make memories that will last forever.

I still kind of want the phone, though.