Yes, my husband did go by the store today for an iPad 2. The AT&T store was supposed to get in a shipment, but alas, they had not. They could order one for him… that would come in two weeks. No thanks, he said. He’s going on a business trip overseas and he’ll simply buy one when he returns.
He didn’t want to deal with the mall lines, so he came home without one, much to the distress of my children. “The iPad 2 came out today?” the little one asked with wide eyes.
“Yes, it did,” he said.
“And you didn’t get one?”
“No,” he told us. “And, you’ll be disappointed to hear that the St. Patrick’s Day version of Angry Birds came out.”
“I want to play it!” yelled the boy.
“Too bad,” I said. “Daddy is going out of town.”
“So? Can’t I still play it?”
“The iPad goes with Daddy,” I told him.
“Harumph,” both kids said.
“You can play it when I get back and I get my new iPad,” Adam told them.
“Who gets your old iPad?” they asked.
“I do,” I said to their disappointment. Until…
A thought occurred to me. “You know,” I told them, “just because Daddy’s going away doesn’t have to mean anything. Daddy isn’t the only one with a credit card.”
“So?” asked the boy.
“So, we have a whole week to go buy us a new iPad 2. And then Daddy is the one stuck with the old iPad.”
And, once again, I am the most loved parent.
