A Tale of Two iPads

My sweet husband surprised me on my birthday this year with an iPad 2. I had really been wanting one since they had first come out, but they are pretty pricey and we always had something more worthwhile to spend the money on. I was beyond excited to get it and have really been enjoying playing with it, reading books on it, watching movies, etc. Well, Husband was “stealing” it quite a bit from me to download his own apps and just play with it in general – he loves technology and was enamored with it. I could tell he really wanted one too, but we definitely could only afford one, so I said that we could share mine and it would be both of ours.

My company just finished its annual United Way giving campaign. At the end of each campaign we have a wrap-up meeting where we learn how much money we raised, among other things. Because of my role I am usually sitting off to the side with the tech guys, making sure the PowerPoint runs smoothly and we are staying on schedule.

Well, part of that schedule included the awarding of three grand prizes to donors. Basically everyone in my company donates (it’s a big company) and they draw names out of bowls to determine who will win big-ticket items. And this year – I won! You should have seen my face when my name was called. I was definitely shocked because the prize was…

an iPad 2!

And this thing was the pimp daddy of iPads. It was black (mine was white), it was 32 GB, Wi-Fi, you name it. Husband had gotten me a 16 GB without Wi-Fi. I knew right away I was going to give it to him for his birthday. It was funny because all day people at work were offering to buy it off me. They thought I wouldn’t want it since I had already gotten an iPad for my birthday. And truth be told, I might have sold it or even given it away if I didn’t know how much Husband wanted his own. The infertility has been equally hard on him, especially lately. I have seen how he hurts and how much he supports me and I wanted him to have a wonderful surprise like he had given me! (I had already given him his birthday present in August.)

I am a horrible secret-keeper, so I called him right away and told him. He was floored. And thrilled. And it made me happy.

So now we are the family of two iPads. Of course, I would give both of them away in a heartbeat for a baby. But it’s nice to have a fun toy to occupy us while we wait.