"Of all the boys in all the world
Of all the dreams of love that fill the hearts of little girls
I've waited long, I stood my ground
And now I look at you,
Amazed what love has found!
You're the one,
You're the solitary man
What will be with you and me is what was planned
This is faith
This is destiny
Baby we were meant to be
We were meant to be
I've let you in, and closed the door,
In your arms is all the love my hearts been waiting for.
And we will dream
as we grow young
And looking back I know with love what we've become
You're the one,
You're the solitary man
What will be with you and me is what was planned
This is faith
This is destiny
Baby we were meant to be
We were meant to be
No second guessing
No midnight confessing
Just your eyes caressing me.
You're the one,
you're the solitary man
What will be with you and me is what was planned
This is faith,
this is destiny
Baby we were meant to be
We were meant to be."
"We Were Meant To Be"
*Annie Moses Band
Happy Birthday Darling!
I have been so busy lately. In fact, right now, I should be studying for my Public Speaking midterm I have tonight. But am I? No. Ah. Well.
Since all of the things I have been busy with are quite epic, I'll tell about them.
1. My day of birth was last Wednesday. In my family, birthdays are a huge event. There are more birthday traditions than Christmas traditions I think. Some of them include:
- No chores for the birthdaier
- No school work for the birthdaier (Hey! We were homeschooled)
- Breakfast in bed
- The Whitaker Birthday song
- Presents after breakfast in bed (Or before eating if the birthdaier chooses)
- A morning call from Meemaw
- Lunch with mom, at her restaurant of choice
- Birthday dinner that night, with the meal of the birthdaier's choice
- Birthdaier may stay up as late as midnight if they want (When we got older, it became 4 am - ish)
- A birthday family get together with The H's, H Jrs, O's and now E's. (Hehe, we're the E's) where the meal theme is the birthdaier's choice (one year, I chose "purple" as the theme)
- And I always get a Happy 6th Birthday card from Grandfather, because when I was six, he said it was the last year I fit perfectly into his lap and I wasn't allowed to grow any older. I look forward to that card the most.
So as you can see, that's a lot for Josh to feel he had to live up to. I really tried to not put pressure on him. :-p But I knew he knew about breakfast in bed and I was interested to see if he would do it. I had total faith in him.
Well it's birthday morning and we laid in bed and talked. My Meemaw called. I talked to her, and while talking to her, she asked if I had gotten breakfast in bed. I laughed and said "not yet." She laughed and joked "ah so you are still waiting?" "Yep!" "Good for you, stick to your guns." And we continued talking. After that, I climbed back in bed. Finally, I still was full of faith for Josh, but I thought maybe a little proding would help.
"You know, I don't mind if you were to just do cereal, just make some cereal. That would be fine."
"Heh, no, you have to make your own."
"What! (grinned) No! That totally destroys breakfast in bed. I can't make it!"
"Well then I guess no breakfast."
I promise, I was totally teasing him here, laughing and everything:"You're the meanest husband on earth! Well the ones that beat their wives, they are meaner."
"Oh, so I'm right above guys who cheat on their wives."
"No... okay, they are meaner too."
Well a few minutes after those words of love, I heard a sound. It was a song!
"Today is a birthday I wonder for who...."
At first, my mind wondered if I had put the phone on speaker, but then I quickly remember I wasn't on the phone.
It was my daddy!
I jumped up and the door opened.
My dad, mom, brother Reece and my grandmother walked in, carrying Burger King. They had all drove 3 and a 1/2 hours to surprise me for my birthday, with Josh being in on it of course. (Yeah I was regretting those "meanest husband" comments.)
It was such a wonderful day! They came and Josh skipped class so he could spend the morning with us. We had breakfast, opened presents, visited. We went to town and took care of some business. Then we went to a great American/Greek resturant in town for lunch, where I had a fabulous gyro. Afterward, Josh had to go to work. :-( But thank God he has a job. So then we went home, and Reece started playing guitar. Well dad wanted to take me to take care of something in town, so that it would be ready for the next day, so we all loaded up in the car, except Reece. (He stayed to play more guitar. :-p He's really getting very good.) After taking care of business, we bummed around the cool little shops in downtown. We went from there to Wal-Mart and then back home again. We visited for about an hour or so, and then I had to go to class and they had to go home. First we went to Josh's work, and got his car running. There was something wrong with the battery. We got that fixed, they took me to the college and we said our goodbyes at the door.
Dad said Grandmother basically floated down the halls after leaving, because she was so proud of me and how I was in college and married and everything. :-)
I, on the other hand, sat in my seat for a minute or two, trying not to cry, and then had to leave, run to the bathroom, sob for a couple minutes and then head back to class, 5 minutes late. But I was fine. Just needed a cry.
After class, Josh picked me up, we went home, and enjoyed a loverly evening with Mark, Tina and Dustin. We watched the end of American Idol, ate yummy pizza, with Ranch of course. Then they had a cake for me. Generally I don't like cake. But this one was insanely good. And, Mark's idea, they got me a game. FLASH UNO! I love that game, it's so much fun! So we played a round and then everyone went to bed.
It was a beautiful day.
Oh, and next post, I'll talk about Josh's present to me. :-)
Before I go, I'd love to hear a birthday tradition from you, so post a comment and let me know one... please?
Thanks!
Love,
Christa Joy
