Remember I told you how I had to change Sarah's birthday party from the day of her birthday to the week before? Because Charlie had a surprise for me and he wouldn't tell me what it was? He wouldn't even tell the kids, he's too smart for that, because I asked them too. Well, on Friday I found out what it was.
About a week ago he told me to be ready at 1p on Friday. I asked him if I need to pack a bag and he said no. That made me a little sad but I was still intrigued. He finally broke down and gave me a little more information on Thursday night when I asked him what I needed to wear on Friday. Going out for dinner but jeans and a nice shirt are fine, yes I lied you should pack a bag and you can wear anything you want on Saturday but you have to be back to spend the afternoon/evening with Sarah because it's her birthday. Sounds good.
Friday morning I took Amanda to school, went to the gym, picked her up and came home and took a shower. About 20 minutes later Charlie came home. I still wasn't sure what was going on but wasn't totally surprised when the doorbell rang. However, I was incredibly surprised to see standing on my front porch two of my oldest and best friends, April and Renee. I cannot explain how overcome with emotion I was to see them. Things have been not horrible but just a little rough the last couple of weeks and this was the exact medicine I needed - to be with old friends who know me better than anyone and can make all my troubles go away in an instant.
We went downtown for the afternoon/evening and had an amazing lunch with the best bacon appetizer, called Man Candy, that you will ever have. Then we went to the hotel and just hung out and talked and talked and talked for a few hours. We went out for an amazing dinner and talked some more. We stayed up late but not too late and then had a yummy breakfast before going to an adorable little hotel spa where Charlie had scheduled mani/pedis for us. All in all a fantastic day. Then we came home and hung out for a bit before everybody went out to celebrate Sarah's birthday for dinner. By last night we were exhausted and didn't say much but just reveled in being together. Strange, that's one of my favorite times when we are just all talked out and are enjoying the silence together. I cannot begin to tell you how much I love these girls.
This morning I took them to the airport, but instead of being sad I am so excited to see them again in just two short months in New Jersey. And it will be short and the time will fly because there is only four more weeks of school before our summer adventure begins and then it's all going to happen in a whirlwind. But it will be a good whirlwind full of friends and love and fun.
Thanks to Charlie for always showing me he loves me so much and for planning this months ago, thanks to Renee and April for not hesitating to come out to surprise me and to share a little bit of their Mother's Day with me away from their families and thanks to the kids for taking it in stride and welcoming our friends like the family they are. I loved every minute of it!
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