Lucky
Erik informed me yesterday that he's getting an iPod this week. Was it because he saved up his allowance and Christmas money, you ask? No. He's actually being given one for free by my very generous uncle. My uncle won it in a raffle at his job (pretty nice prize), and is giving it to Erik after he heard that Erik was "saving" for one of his own. Anyway, apparently once Erik heard about it, he promptly went up to his room and IMed our cousin (same side of the family, his age) in California about it, in order to begin his notifications that he is indeed the luckiest of us all. Okay, I admit I'm a little jealous myself.