My husband surprised me with the Apple Watch for Christmas! And it was truly a surprise!
Apparently I mentioned that it looked cool months ago and he was listening carefully and made a mental note of that. I went on to forget I even said that so I was shocked when I opened the gift to see the watch.
It was really sweet to hear the reasoning behind why Justin bought it for me. He said he really thought about what my days are like with the boys, and that the watch could be helpful and convenient. A necessity" No, but helpful, sure! It was sweet how thoughtful he was with this gift.
My gut immediately told me that I probably wouldn’t wear it. I thought it would be cumbersome and that I wouldn’t find myself using it very much. But, with a 2 week return policy from Best Buy, Justin told me to give it a shot and return it if I didn’t like it. So, I gave it an honest trial period and the first day I wore it was the day we were flying to Chicago for Christmas. Walking though the airport, I replied to a text via the watch (which you can do with the automatic prompts it offers like “no”, “yes”, “okay”, “hang on” etc. or using Siri) by pulling it up toward my face and speaking to it and I was embarrassed. I thought I would surely return it after that first try. But I quickly got over it, and found it to be so convenient that that fact overrode my embarrasment.
For texting, it’s great for quick checks, and ...