Last Saturday we celebrated Brian’s 30th birthday. The fun part about the whole event was that Brian had no idea we were going to celebrate his birthday, and he enjoyed a great surprise.
About a month before his birthday, I started conspiring with Brian’s friends and parents about his birthday, and everyone was on board from the start. Once we decided on the date, his mom contacted him and told him that since she had not seen us since Christmas, she would like to come up for a short visit. He was happy with that not knowing that the reason for the visit was that it was his mom’s job to help me distract him the day of the party. We were not sure exactly how we were going to get him out of the house without me, but we said that we would play it by ear.
The week before the party, I was in a frantic state. Thanks to my good friends Mike and Laura who let me store all the party supplies at their house, and Carol, who made the incredible hokie cake, I was able to keep myself from suffering a nervous breakdown.
Well, his mom and stepdad arrived Friday night and we still were not sure how we were going to get him out of the house. I decided that as soon as I woke up on Saturday, I would not be feeling well. I would get progressively worse and by the time it was time to go to dinner, I would be so ill that I would not be able to go. Well, I woke up and I told Brian that I was not feeling well, but we all got dressed and headed to the mall. After awhile of walking at the mall, I was getting “sicker” by the minute. We came home around 4pm and I laid down on the couch because I was close to “death”. When they decided it was time for dinner, I said that I really did not want to go because I was feeling terrible and it would be better if they went without me and brought me something back. This was happening at 5pm, I had people coming at 5:30 pm to get ready for the surprise at 7:00 pm. Brian, being the considerate husband that he is decided that he might not want to go to dinner without me or that they could order some carry out and he could go pick it up. At this moment I panicked, but his mom quickly said that she did not want to do that. Finally, the left about 5:15pm and 5:30pm the house was buzzing with frantic activity.
Everyone arrived by 6:45 pm which was terrific. I had cake, balloons, food, etc. Brian’s mom called me from the bathroom of the restaurant to let me know that they were on their way back home. I made everyone stand really quietly for about 7 minutes, which was a bit too long, but Mr. Brian finally came through the door andenjoyed his surprise! Hey, you only turn 30 once and I wanted to make sure it was something to remember.
Aside from little Jack bitting Seamus TWICE, the evening was great! SORRY SEAMUS!!
Thanks to everyone who helped and share this wonderful moment with us!