Of love and iPads

Once upon a time, Eric really, really wanted an iPad.

That time was last year, when they first came out. He talked about it all the time. He was dying to have an iPad. On his phone, there is archived a list of things we wanted to do together for dates (although the list actually started before we officially started dating) and included movies to see, places to go, things to make, etc. One of the things on that list has always been, "Buy an iPad. Get the Starwalk App. Go stargazing."

Anyway, about the time Eric graduated, he actually went and bought an iPad. Gave them his money, bought a wireless keyboard. But the IU bookstore didn't have any in stock, so the idea was that they would hold one for him until it came in. And before it came in, he went back to the store and got his money back, because he was thinking that sometime in the near future he was going to buy this (and a million plane tickets to see me and to visit my parents to ask for my hand):

He picked it out all by himself. 

So a couple of months later he proposed, and after flying back and forth a few times, we got married, and now we're in Texas and he's working for TFA, and so far he still doesn't have an iPad. I even tried to get him to use some of our Target giftcard money from the wedding on one (because hey, once I had my Kitchenaid I didn't care that much) but he just kept telling me that he didn't need one - and then spent his nights looking at the app store.

But then this happened, and TFA told Eric that they were giving him an iPad to use in his classroom (the jury is still our on whether he gets to keep it after we leave TFA, but we think yes). And much rejoicing ensued. And then, we found out that 3 regions get the iPad 2, and the Rio Grande Valley is one of them. So as of Wednesday night, Eric gets his iPad (2!), for free, which I am choosing to believe is a sign that being frugal and financially responsible is a good thing, and we should continue paying off our student loans as fast as we possibly can. And I'm pretty much banking on the fact that I won't see my husband without the iPad in his had for a few months.

As long as Thursday night is Starwalk night, it's cool.