Everybody has pretty much covered it to this point. Glad you made your way to Trading Place. Those guys are great out there. On the subject of the PF9, this is from the Kel-Tec website:
'Kel-Tec is a distributor exclusive manufacturer, which means we have no control over which dealers...
I wish your school was closer. I'd love to have my wife get some sort of formal defensive pistol training. She's fully embraced firearms, and is a great shot at the range, but I worry what her response would be if called to action in a high stress situation...