December 5th, 2012
Brian’s 28th Birthday!
Wednesday
10:59pm
Coffee began at
6am this morning, and soon afterwards, I got Brian up by singing him Happy
Birthday first thing this morning, and dragging his butt out of bed.
Newly showered,
I put on my makeup, and thought about what I would wear today. I decided to
wear my red dress, because it’s Brian’s favorite, and I thought it would make
him really happy to see me in it, especially on his birthday.
I gathered up all the cake fixings,
my laptop, and my purse, and we headed out the door by 8:00am. We were
late….again.
We got to work, and Mama and Uncle
Jay wished Brian a Happy Birthday. I began sewing first thing this morning, not
even getting on the computer to check facebook or post my blog. I have so much
to get done, to take to Mrs. Clara’s tomorrow, for help.
I sewed a while, and drank coffee.
Brian was busy answering the phones, and Mama finally made a deal with the car
dealership, for a new van for the business, and later, a car for Granny. She
was on the phone all day, ordering tires, getting paperwork together, talking
to Daddy to see what he wanted to do….it was non stop!
I decided it was time to give Brian
his birthday gift, so I got it out of hiding, and wrapped it up for him in some
blue happy birthday paper I had bought at walmart the other day, and put a big
red bow on it. I brought it up front, but he didn’t open it immediately, as we
were waiting for Mama to get off the phone.
Brian finally did open it, and found a Dallas Cowboys panoramic
photograph of Inaugural Day at Cowboys Stadium. Mama gave him a gift also, a
Garmin GPS, and he spent the rest of the day commenting on how nice the Cowboys
photo was, and playing with his Garmin.
I took a nap, because I just
couldn’t go any longer, and when I woke up, Brian had gone to get lunch, and
they had ordered me and Mama both a club sandwich and Brian a cheeseburger from
Faye’s. When Brian got back, we had lunch, and I only ate half my club, and
hardly any fries, because earlier this morning I had eaten everything in sight,
including golden oreos, 2 raisin crème cakes, and a can of Campbell’s chunky
new England clam chowder, so I wasn’t really hungry at all, but I ate it
anyway, since they went to all the trouble of ordering it for me.
Lunch eaten, it was getting late in
the day, and I still had to make Brian’s birthday cake. Although I really
wanted to sew, I decided I had better get in there and start on that cake, so I
mixed together the cake batter, and stuck three square pans of batter in the
oven, to make a three layer cake. I don’t know why I don’t bake more often, because whipping up that batter
was so simple, and took no time at all, and cakes are so dang good!
Brian thanked
me all day for his photo, and we checked facebook and did a little bit of
shopping online today while I checked my emails. I found a beautifully etched
lemon vase on shiny silver, for a good price, and begged Brian for it, so he
ordered it for me, right as the cake was coming out of the oven. We let it
cool, and I found a no cook chocolate icing recipe, and it took no time at all
to make that icing. I made the same cake last year, so I knew I’d have to cut
the tops and sides off the cake, so that it would lay flat, and set about doing
just that. When I started putting the icing on, I had a time because the sides
kept crumbling, but I eventually got it finished, wrote happy birthday brian
very badly in some red frosting, placed candles on the cake, and we sang happy
birthday again to my baby, for his 28 years. Brian blew out the candles, and
everyone had a slice of this 3 layer monster. We’ll have cake left over for
days, we could eat it at every meal, and
still not eat it all.
It was around
4pm, when the dealership called Mama, and said they had the paperwork done on
Granny’s car, that she could come sign, and pick it up. Brian and I had plans
to go out to eat at Longhorn tonight, and then to a movie, but then Mama called
Granny, and they needed a ride to Monroe, and for me to go pick up Granny, and
asked us to take them to her new car.
I picked Granny
up right before five, and we rode back and had a nice talk about the car, and
sewing, and my hopes and fears about all my new relationships in this sewing
club. It was a good talk, and Granny helped me a whole bunch. We all left
Mama’s at around five, and I drove us all to Monroe, and I think everyone was
pretty comfortable in our car.
The Ryan
Chevrolet dealership salesman was very nice, while we waited, and it took no
time for Mama to get the papers signed. They were done by 6:20, and with Mama
and Granny in the new car, heading back to Holly Ridge, Brian and I headed to
the movies, to catch the 6:50 showing of SkyFall, the new James Bond movie.
Brian and I
ordered popcorn, sour patch watermelon, bunch a crunch, because they didn’t
have snowcaps, and 2 cokes, and made it to the movie in time. It was definitely
a guys movie, with tons of explosions, fight scenes, and killings, and oh my
gosh, it seemed like it would never end, that dude just wouldn’t die!
We didn’t get
to go out to eat, because the movie got over around 9:40, and the Longhorn
closed at 10, so we just headed home.
I apologized
many times to Brian for us not being able to go out to eat, and am coming to
realize, that I think we are reaching that point in our lives, as everyone
does, where our plans come last, for the happiness of our parents and
grandparents, and even children, when we have some. I think everyone goes
through this, it’s just the natural stage of life. We spend the beginning ¼ of
our lives being first in what we want to do, and our parents and everyone else
put us first, and then the time changes, and everyone else comes first…..as we
grow older, and our kids grow up, I’m sure it will shift again, and we may not
be first again, but we won’t be last. I’m glad for this time in our lives, it
means that we are responsible enough to take care of those that we love, and
are contributing to the welfare of our family, and even….society. God makes
these things happen this way, so I know that it is good, and am just thankful
to be alive to tell the tale. To God be the Glory for all things, and may
He help us accept this time with grace,
and patience, and endure throughout the years! With His help, may we live
through this time exceptionally, and Love those around us, taking care to help
where we can, unselfishly!
It was a good
day yesterday, and Brian and I got home to our kitties and Sambo safely, and
Granny got a new car on Brian’s birthday…. J Happy Birthday Brian…..I love you more than you can
imagine!
