Wonderful Husband

Well, it's the day after my birthday and I have to share with you the wonderful things my husband did for my birthday celebration.

Those of you that don't know me should know that I am not a big fan of a big hoopla birthday celebration. I don't like any fuss made or attention drawn to myself on my birthday. I can thank my mom for that. Here's why. With a birthday on April Fool's Day, I had some traumatic experiences during my childhood. My mother has a wacky sense of humor and used to wrap up empty boxes for my gifts. During my teen years she was even more relentless in her quest to embarrass me on my birthday. Read the next two stories to find out what happened.

16th Birthday
Anyone who knows me knew that my first love was basketball. A few knee injuries have since sidelined my career but nonetheless, I loved th sport during my childhood and early adult years. My knee problems started around at 15 and as my 16th birthday was approaching, I was preparing to play on a traveling summer varsity team. This was my first year on this team and I was so nervous and excited to play it was all I could talk about. Well some tendonitis was bothering me and my mom decided that I needed to go to the doctor just to be safe. She set up the appointment at the clinic where she worked (she's a nurse) and wouldn't you know it, she schedule the appointment on my birthday of all days. I saw the doctor and the outcome was not pretty. He (not even the right doctor for the injury I had - I think he was a hand specialist) informed me that I would have to have a cast put on my leg to restrict any movements whatsoever for the next 4 weeks. That meant a cast from upper thigh to my ankle. I immediately started crying my eyes out and even cried the whole time they applied the cast. CAN ANYONE SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING?

I arrived home to find my Dad and sister there with flowers and a note that said, "April Fool's, I'll bring the cast cutter home tonight". I couldn't believe that my own mother had played this evil trick on me on my birthday. I was so upset I was even trying to cut the cast off with a steak knife. Well, she was not happy with how I handled the joke and very mad. My dad called her and told her what I was trying to do and she had to come home in the middle of her work day (we only lived 15 minutes away) and cut the cast off. I didn't talk to her for a week. She knew how important playing basketball was to me. I found out years later that she almost called the entire thing off because she saw how upset I was. She never thought the prank would create the response from me that it did. Needless to say, I didn't talk to her for a week.

18th Birthday (She knew better than to attempt anything on my 17th birthday.)
I attended a Lutheran high school and we assembled in the gymnasium every morning for chapel. After chapel, it was customary to have annoucements by the teacher that conducted that morning's service. Part of the daily announcements, students were asked to meet teachers after chapel. I was asked to come down to the podium for an annoucement and I thought it was odd that the request was while all students (600 of them) were still seated on the bleachers. I went with it and as I stepped off the bleachers I could see my mom and sister and friend who graduated 2 years prior to me standing with a guy holding 30 helium balloons. As I cautiously walked to the middle of the gymnasium the guy in the tuxedo holding the balloons walked towards me and gave me the balloons to hold on to while he sang to me. As if that wasn't humiliating enough, then he instructed the entire student body and teaching staff to join him in signing the traditional 'Happy Birthday' song to me.

19th Birthday
Well if you think by now that my mom has quite the sense of humor, wait until I tell you about my 19th birthday. I was on my way home from school and needed to stop at the clinic she worked at to have the doctor she worked for at the time freeze a wort off my hand. It was after hours and there weren't more than a few staff members still in the building. Well, he had me wait in a room while he got the chemical to freeze the wort off. When he returned he had on a Jason mask and was carrying a chainsaw. By the way, the chainsaw was running. This didn't scare me as much as it made me roll my eyes. I think nothing could phase me after the 16th & 18th birthday.

Thanks for all the memories, Mom! I definitely have the best birthday stores to share with friends, strangers and eventually my kids.

These days most of my family members know how I feel about pranks on my birthday and refrain.

So back to my wonderful husband. He did such a great job this year on my birthday gifts I couldn't be happier. He put alot of thought into the gifts and they are definitely gifts especially for me and nothing he can pirate months later. You see, about 4 years ago Adam and his dad made a decision without consulting me. This upset me once I found out about it and up until yesterday I have not let Adam forget about it. Let's just say that any woman will agree with me that we prefer diamons over technological gadgets. Adam brought home an iPod (for me) to replace a diamond necklace I had gotten that broke and I thought was being replaced. Adam and his dad decided that I would rather have the iPod than the replacement diamond necklace. Months after Adam was the sole user of MY iPod, I found out the truth and told him he owed me a diamond necklace.

Well, I did get a diamond necklace since then and this year Adam got me the best gift. He got me a hot pink iPod so that he will never want to use it. This was such a great gift because he really put alot of thought into the gift and it mean so much to me. Now I will never bring up the iPod incident of 4 years ago again. Note: He also spoiled me rotten with other gifts besides the iPod but this one had a special meaning and was very noteworthy.

Ladies - cherish and be thankful for all the little things your husbands do for you and make a big deal about the things they do that make us feel like the only woman in the world.

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband that puts me first and makes me feel like the most special woman in the world. It's an undescribable feeling and I love him how he makes me feel and for so many other things. I love you, Adam. Thanks again for the hot pink iPod.