Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday, April 5th, was Beloved and my 14th anniversary. I had EXPECTED it to be any other day, which is why I'd made arrangements for us to enjoy Saturday...which is a whole another story that I'll get to...

But yesterday, Beloved surprised me and knocked my socks off! First, he got up with the kids (I still expected a regular Monday morning...he usually gets up with the kids). I heard the bustling about, getting ready for the day. I rolled up in my blankets, hiding. I didn't want it to be Monday!!!

They all went downstairs and I assumed breakfast since it got really quiet. I fell back into a deeper sleep...

Beloved came in and nudged me. I stretched and sat up to find peach-colored roses on my night table and dresser. It made me schoosh. I got up, pulled my robe on, and peeked into the kids room, expecting to see the baby sleeping. It was soooo quiet! No Girl, though...I wandered downstairs, expecting to see Boy at the computer, Girl with a bottle...but no kids!

What I DID find was hot blintz for breakfast, more roses on the table, the kids laundry folded, and Beloved grinning at my very confused look. Happy Anniversary! Kids are at Grandma's all day and all night. Breakfast is ready.

Oh my god...have I mentioned how much I love this man?

We ate breakfast and cleared the table for a game of Iron Dragon, and then decided to see if Adaya would join us for lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. She was game, so I decided to jump in the shower and Beloved "ambushed" me. *grin* We got dressed and picked up Adaya and sat and talked for almost an hour and a half! After dropping her back at work, Beloved and I went to see How To Train Your Dragon, which was really delightful. (If you have a sensitive stomach for spinny rides, you might want to see it 2D...it didn't suffer for it and I think some of the scenes would have made me sick in 3D!)

After that, we stopped by the store to pick up some more bowls (our breakfast bowls have slowly gotten broken and needed replacing) and got Beloved a haircut. We decided on Subway sandwiches for supper and then headed to FermiLab to meet our roommate Danae for her boardgame night. That was fun...*grin* Sitting around with a bunch of geeky (long-haired) guys and playing boardgames has been a favorite pastime of mine since high school! We got back home about 10pm...I putz on my computer, Beloved read his book. Finally, we turned off the lights and consummated our marriage a second time before snuggling into slumber.

So...it was anything BUT a typical sucky Monday! It was simply amazing! Thank you so much, Beloved! I can only hope you have an inkling to how much I love you!