Thursday, the day after my Birthday
So, BROTHER 1 was assigned Thursday.
Sorry to put you on blast BROTHER but I wasn't convinced you'd come through for me.
I can be pretty determined (obviously) and I IM'd my big brother a couple of times. Both times with a message about what time it was, and how many hours were left in the day for him to get it done!
And after a staff meeting, I returned to my office to find twenty Sobe Green Tea's! And well, you know how I feel about Sobe's. Inspirational!
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My company had a Summer Party Lunch Luau (yes, I wore my muumuu) and I was convinced they had planned this to celebrate with me!
And though, I should have had another fabulous day, that damn niggling feeling from the day before (SOCKS !?!) was bothering me.
In the morning, it just sort of pestered me. Somehow by the end of the day, that mild annoyance turned into full blown hysteria (the power of autosuggestion).
It's a funny thing the mind. When you start to follow a train of thought, all the weird and wondrous directions it decides to go and the conclusions you so often come to. Because of my absurd imagination, I started to wonder about of a couple of my friends who, normally text to see if we should do dinner or something when it's my birthday .. and I didn't get those text messages this year. Such a girl.
I called The SAINT latter in the day TRIPPING out about doing something or getting something better than socks.
And if you know me, if I get too pissed off, I'll cut you off for a bit, and I was about ready to cut The SAINT off.
The SAINT tried to call me a few times, after I sent an email ranting .. I'm sure it was something like "If you insisted on getting me socks, you should've at least gotten me 30 pairs!" or some other nonsensical idea. But lucky for him/me, not sure, I was in a meeting and I couldn't take his call.
So, The SAINT called SISTER 1. And asked SISTER 1 to throw me a bone.
And, SISTER 1, being the savant she is, came in to see me.
And listened while I tripped out.
Then told me, "The SAINT has something planned for tomorrow. You need to calm down, and you need to dress better than you have today, because there'll be pictures, and you'll be pissed".
Now THAT's the way to throw me a bone SISTER!
So, I left the office on Thursday, feeling like a douche but now rather invigorated for my Friday!
Friday ...
SISTER 1 had been appointed commissioner of the Friday celebrations! I wasn't concerned at all.
We'd already planned on getting mani/pedi's after work, and well, it was Friday, who isn't stoked about that?
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So, I was treated, again, to some tantalizing sugary treats ... Raspberry Sweet Rolls from Shirley's!
And also, individual serving Martinelli's and a film strip picture frame completed with interchangeable pictures!
My Uncle called to see if we wanted to go to lunch with him at ASTRO, his stomping ground, and so SISTER 1 and I met our Uncle and our cousin at ASTRO. NICE!
While at ASTRO, my favourite KEV-IN-THE-WORLD (KITW for future reference) showed up with a dozen red velvet cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy (and I didn't even ave to con him into doing it!).
I was riding a high, feeling adored, and left work a bit earlier to go down to Provo and get my nails did with my sis.
We picked up our kids from day care (I know you wonder what happens to my kids all day while I'm slaving away, fear not, they are safe and happy at daycare) and dropped them off to my brother in law and headed south.
SIDE NOTE: UDOT sucks. The I-15 southbound at some points goes from 6 lanes to 2. So frustrating when traffic is bad. I ALMOST turned around, but didn't want to miss my surprise party. HAHAHA.
So, the sister and I went and got a mani/pedi and wondered around the Riverwoods in Provo.
The wind kept blowing my stupid dress up and since I wasn't sure where we were going, I wasn't sure that me giving everyone (or no-one) a show would be appropriate.
So, we stopped into a store and I bought some clothes, then got changed.
When my sister FINALLY said, time to go, she jumped into the drivers seat of my car and we headed to our destination.
We headed west on University Parkway, and anyone who knows Provo/Orem knows all the restaurants down that street.
As we drove my each place, my heart was racing as I wondered "is this it" (Mimi's Cafe) or "PLEASE don't be here" (Golden Coral).
As we continued on West SISTER 1 took a left and started to head to ... Walmart. Walmart? Walmart!
We're driving I'm thinking ... What the hell? And then, she flips a U turn at the walmart lights, and we head back east. Phew.
As we started to approach Golden Coral, I'm thinking "HELL NO" and my heart starts beating faster, then we drive past it, again and I'm, again, relieved.
As we started to approach State Street, I started to get excited.
I love crepes. LOVE them.
And as we head further South, I'm thinking "We're going to Roll Up Crepe" and when my sister flips the indicator on at the lights right beside Roll Up Crepe I raise my hands above my head, all victorious or something and yell "I LOVE CREPES!".
Yes, this really happened.
When we pull into the parking lot its all blocked off, and I can see a few of my workmates and their significant others and I'm thinking "Is this closed?".
But no, the girl lets us into the parking lot so we jump out and walk on in.
And I stand in the door looking for The SAINT, staring at a few people before a rather delayed, but reasonably enthusiastic "SURPRISE" happens.
And as I walked in further, I saw some AMAZING family and friends there to celebrate with me.
I swear I had perma-grin, as I walked up to The SAINT, utterly in love, to give him a kiss and say thank you.
He'd organized with the Roll Up Crepe to close their doors for 4 hours so it was just us.
He'd hired the most legit balloon artist guy ever, who arrived with a 4ft balloon imitation of me as Katniss, so the kids would be entertained.
He'd given out name tags prior to my arrival, and asked different people to put words that describe me on their name tags.
He'd also hired his sushi buddy to make sushi for everyone.
I don't know what I THOUGHT he would do, but it was nothing like this, and, I LOVED IT!!
Good food, good people, good times!
The SAINT confessed to me later that he hadn't lied when he said "I planned something but it fell through", he'd originally planned to have the party soeme where other than The Roll Up, so that portion of the party fell through.
He told me he'd planned on this for months, and he wouldn't just give me socks, and hoped I enjoyed my week, and my party.
What a guy right? Flippin Legend.
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My company had a Summer Party Lunch Luau (yes, I wore my muumuu) and I was convinced they had planned this to celebrate with me!
And though, I should have had another fabulous day, that damn niggling feeling from the day before (SOCKS !?!) was bothering me.
In the morning, it just sort of pestered me. Somehow by the end of the day, that mild annoyance turned into full blown hysteria (the power of autosuggestion).
It's a funny thing the mind. When you start to follow a train of thought, all the weird and wondrous directions it decides to go and the conclusions you so often come to. Because of my absurd imagination, I started to wonder about of a couple of my friends who, normally text to see if we should do dinner or something when it's my birthday .. and I didn't get those text messages this year. Such a girl.
I called The SAINT latter in the day TRIPPING out about doing something or getting something better than socks.
And if you know me, if I get too pissed off, I'll cut you off for a bit, and I was about ready to cut The SAINT off.
The SAINT tried to call me a few times, after I sent an email ranting .. I'm sure it was something like "If you insisted on getting me socks, you should've at least gotten me 30 pairs!" or some other nonsensical idea. But lucky for him/me, not sure, I was in a meeting and I couldn't take his call.
So, The SAINT called SISTER 1. And asked SISTER 1 to throw me a bone.
And, SISTER 1, being the savant she is, came in to see me.
And listened while I tripped out.
Then told me, "The SAINT has something planned for tomorrow. You need to calm down, and you need to dress better than you have today, because there'll be pictures, and you'll be pissed".
Now THAT's the way to throw me a bone SISTER!
So, I left the office on Thursday, feeling like a douche but now rather invigorated for my Friday!
Friday ...
SISTER 1 had been appointed commissioner of the Friday celebrations! I wasn't concerned at all.
We'd already planned on getting mani/pedi's after work, and well, it was Friday, who isn't stoked about that?
.JPG)
So, I was treated, again, to some tantalizing sugary treats ... Raspberry Sweet Rolls from Shirley's!
And also, individual serving Martinelli's and a film strip picture frame completed with interchangeable pictures!
My Uncle called to see if we wanted to go to lunch with him at ASTRO, his stomping ground, and so SISTER 1 and I met our Uncle and our cousin at ASTRO. NICE!
While at ASTRO, my favourite KEV-IN-THE-WORLD (KITW for future reference) showed up with a dozen red velvet cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy (and I didn't even ave to con him into doing it!).
I was riding a high, feeling adored, and left work a bit earlier to go down to Provo and get my nails did with my sis.
We picked up our kids from day care (I know you wonder what happens to my kids all day while I'm slaving away, fear not, they are safe and happy at daycare) and dropped them off to my brother in law and headed south.
SIDE NOTE: UDOT sucks. The I-15 southbound at some points goes from 6 lanes to 2. So frustrating when traffic is bad. I ALMOST turned around, but didn't want to miss my surprise party. HAHAHA.
So, the sister and I went and got a mani/pedi and wondered around the Riverwoods in Provo.
The wind kept blowing my stupid dress up and since I wasn't sure where we were going, I wasn't sure that me giving everyone (or no-one) a show would be appropriate.
So, we stopped into a store and I bought some clothes, then got changed.
When my sister FINALLY said, time to go, she jumped into the drivers seat of my car and we headed to our destination.
We headed west on University Parkway, and anyone who knows Provo/Orem knows all the restaurants down that street.
As we drove my each place, my heart was racing as I wondered "is this it" (Mimi's Cafe) or "PLEASE don't be here" (Golden Coral).
As we continued on West SISTER 1 took a left and started to head to ... Walmart. Walmart? Walmart!
We're driving I'm thinking ... What the hell? And then, she flips a U turn at the walmart lights, and we head back east. Phew.
As we started to approach Golden Coral, I'm thinking "HELL NO" and my heart starts beating faster, then we drive past it, again and I'm, again, relieved.
As we started to approach State Street, I started to get excited.
I love crepes. LOVE them.
And as we head further South, I'm thinking "We're going to Roll Up Crepe" and when my sister flips the indicator on at the lights right beside Roll Up Crepe I raise my hands above my head, all victorious or something and yell "I LOVE CREPES!".
Yes, this really happened.
When we pull into the parking lot its all blocked off, and I can see a few of my workmates and their significant others and I'm thinking "Is this closed?".
But no, the girl lets us into the parking lot so we jump out and walk on in.
And I stand in the door looking for The SAINT, staring at a few people before a rather delayed, but reasonably enthusiastic "SURPRISE" happens.
And as I walked in further, I saw some AMAZING family and friends there to celebrate with me.
I swear I had perma-grin, as I walked up to The SAINT, utterly in love, to give him a kiss and say thank you.
He'd organized with the Roll Up Crepe to close their doors for 4 hours so it was just us.
He'd hired the most legit balloon artist guy ever, who arrived with a 4ft balloon imitation of me as Katniss, so the kids would be entertained.
He'd given out name tags prior to my arrival, and asked different people to put words that describe me on their name tags.
He'd also hired his sushi buddy to make sushi for everyone.
I don't know what I THOUGHT he would do, but it was nothing like this, and, I LOVED IT!!
Good food, good people, good times!
The SAINT confessed to me later that he hadn't lied when he said "I planned something but it fell through", he'd originally planned to have the party soeme where other than The Roll Up, so that portion of the party fell through.
He told me he'd planned on this for months, and he wouldn't just give me socks, and hoped I enjoyed my week, and my party.
What a guy right? Flippin Legend.
1 comment:
I love the Miranda told you to wear something better the next day...quality of a true, loving sister :) I'm so glad you ended up getting the party of your dreams!! Katniss balloon person??? Doesn't get any better than that ;)
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