Looks like it's not delayed too much. Better delay now than loose it to some silly error.
I still have my 13.1" Dobsonian reflector that I get out from time to time. When I was in college, I completely enjoyed my elective Astronomy class and I kinda went crazy for it. I couldn't wait until I had enough cash for a nice telescope and a complete set of the Burnham Celestial Handbook volumes. Thank god I didn't get into it like I have for retro computing, otherwise I'd have 50 telescopes now. lol