SURPRISE!!!!!!

Well I finally made it. I am over the hill. I am over 50 today. It really wasn't so bad. I made such a fuss about it that everyone went out of their way to make my day happy.

There have been a few things that have made me go, Mmmmm, wondering if there was something in the works. Matthew, God bless his soul, cannot keep a secret for love nor money. He got me thinking when he said that they were going to have a 'dinner' for me at his house and I was to be there at 7:00 p.m. I knew I could turn him inside out with more questions so I didn't. Then I happened to be in Moore's. I mentioned to Nick that I thought they were up to something. Nick is about as cool as they come. He's mature and put together. Well he was flustered, dropped stuff, couldn't think straight! It was the icing on the proverbial cake. I knew they were plotting.

Then my birthday came. Last year I had a zillion calls before I even left for work. This year, nothing. Mmmmmm. It must be big. When I got to work no one called till about 10:30. Donna called and swore she didn't know anything about anything but wanted to wish me happy birthday. Mom called. We had planned to go out for dinner to LaSpaghett. The kids called on their way to buy me a gift. Cindy called and said that the surprise was that her and Rick were going to kidnap me, take me for dinner and then to the casino. Rick couldn't make it so Cindy wanted to know if Mom and I wanted to go to the casino. Mom and I went to dinner. We got around to talking about Shelley. I asked her when they were coming up. Mom changed the subject....twice. Cindy showed up at my house with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Then I got to thinking, maybe there really isn't a big do tomorrow. Maybe it is just dinner with the kids. Then I got my phone messages..Shelley. I had called her a few days ago and she didn't call me back. Where is she calling from now????? From Aeron. She is a huge bundle of energy screaming happy birthday and hoping she can make it to the PARTY tomorrow! Ah, ha!

So here I am getting ready to go to my DINNER. I will update on the surprise when I finally get the whole story!

Well it was a surprise dinner. Most of the work was done by my beautiful red headed boy. He has the heart of an angel, he really does. It was wonderful. So much food, so many gifts and so much love. What more can a 50 year old broad ask for? It's all good.