SURPRISE

Wow, it has been a week! As you all know, John was coming into town, but our knowledge of his arrival was limited. I kept crossing my fingers for the earlier the better, but as the minutes ticked by, my disappointment became more evident. I joked with co-workers that I would have to shave my legs in the morning in case he arrived during the work day and then shave again before I went to bed in case he slithered in during the wee hours of the night.

By Tuesday night, I was exhausted from watching the clock and the door, so I went to bed as usual but paused in front of our garage door and wondered if he would be coming soon. I shrugged my shoulders because I knew he had no keys to get in so he would have to come while I was awake, but I still wondered if I should unlock the door. I decided against it and went to bed. About 2 hours later at 1:30AM, the dogs were barking and the garage door was opening. A few moments later, I heard John's voice telling the dogs to be quiet. I jumped out of bed to open the door in my very comatose state and turned right around and crawled back in. Boy, I am sure it was not the welcome home he was expecting. As his voice penetrated my slumber and I became more aware of my surroundings, I realized it was him and awoke. As I did, I realized, I could have let a stranger into my home! LOL

Wednesday started off by surprising the kids with a wake up from Daddy and from there on we were literally off to the races. We spent the day together, we had lunch with John's parents and then picked up the kids and decided to rent a movie and eat pizza picnic style in our movie theatre.

Thursday was spent shopping for last minute things for John and then picking the kids up early again from day care. We spent the evening BBQ'ing and just having a family meal.

Friday was date night and John and I decided to go downtown for the night. We went to Hell's Kitchen for a drink, went to McCormicks and Schmick's for another drink and appetizer during Happy Hour, walked up and down Nicollet Mall and then eventually ended up at the restaurant we had reservations at. The Melting Pot is our favorite restaurant, we ate until we were about to explode and just talked into the night. The Melting Pot honors the military and offers a discount to its armed forces patrons, it was great to be able to spend the night talking and enjoying a wonderful meal.

We got home late and went straight to bed knowing John had to be on the road quite early the following morning. We woke the kids pretty early and got out of the house for a quick breakfast. By 7:30 in the morning John was on his way back to Indiana. He will be on his way out of the country by Tuesday.

It was a short visit, but we spent a ton of time together and the kids got their wrestling time in with Daddy, so it was definitely well spent in the eyes of the kids.

This was a great Surprise!