surprise

tomorrow is my birthday and let me tell you, haley has been acting weird. she asked me not to make any plans for the weekend until she 'knew if she was going to get called out (as in, not have to work) one of the nights.' well, sure. except she never finds that out until about 2:30 on the day of the shift. umm ok.

so, unable to wait until the literal last minute, i opted to make plans that would be exactly what i wanted to do. ie the house staging bash i wrote about yesterday. but as soon as i made the invitation she started getting nutty on me. last night i literally said to her, 'i'm sorry that my birthday plans aren't exactly what you have in mind.'

after this very strange conversation about her being frustrated with the reservations filling up friday and the plans i'd made for saturday i was totally exasperated. i mean really, whose birthday is it anyway? and such selfish behavior is really unlike haley.

confused, i turned to nancy. called her and rousted her from bed to decipher this insanity. i said, 'maybe she just really doesn't want to help me with the house...' we considered and dismissed a number of options and couldn't come up with anything viable to explain it. and so she counseled, 'just hold your own. it's your birthday and you should be able to do what you want.'

today, her strange behavior continued. now with an urgency to give me my present. today. 'no, it can't wait until tomorrow. not really.' umm ok.

and then - surprise!

a new suitcase (actually a wheeled duffle - something i've needed). and inside a card that says, 'pack yer shit' because we are getting out of town!

she'd actually requested this entire weekend off a while ago. all the theatrics about work and plans and her insistence that i wait until the last possible minute suddenly fell into place. we're leaving for a cabin in north georgia on friday morning. and i couldn't be more excited.

or more surprised.

considering haley never has managed to pull of a surprise for me, it deserves to be celebrated. (plus, it's almost my birthday and i think that's cause for celebration too.)

so, the house staging party is postponed by a week. and the new bag is waiting patiently to be filled. and my perfectly organized closet is going to enable record breaking speed packing, tomorrow night.

d: surprise me! tomorrow's my birthday after all.
b: i look much younger than my years. (or so i hear.)
g: there was a good explanation and haley really wasn't trying to just avoid the projects.