Ordered my MBP from local dealer.  Now the wait begins...

Well I'm making the jump to Apple. Ordered my MBP through my local dealer. Was told since I got the glossy screen it will take approximately 7 business days to get here.
Going to replace my PC desktop with this MBP so there's going to be a lot of work to be done to switch all my information over but I'm looking forward to the change.
I also bought the airport extreme but haven't set it up yet. Probably set it up tomorrow..
Any recommendations of the first things I should/need/want to do the MBP?

I have had mine about 6 weeks now. This is what I did first, before I moved things over.
1. Installed the latest updates.
2. Played with the various programs.
3. Learned some of the basics of mac osx, since I was a PC user.
4. I moved my Music Over ( Dragged music to my MBP itunes lib, then did a add and added it all into the Lib. I didn't care about my playlists in this move). There is a nice doc on this, just don't have the link handy. If I get it, I will post it). And did an Import of my photos into iPhoto.
5. Set up Time Machine (didn't have EHD at the beginning of all this).
6. During all this I started a cheat sheet for me and a questions sheet to help me keep up with questions that either will go to the bar or the forum.
7. Enjoyed the great new system and not looking back.
8. On going, moving over various files as I find if I need.
Have fun with this new machine, I know I have.

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