Yesterday was Rich's 31st birthday. Back when I was working I felt bad that he was going to have to spend his birthday alone in NY. Then I lost my job :) Over this past weekend I concocted a plan to surprise Rich for his birthday. I cooked and baked ahead of time, picked the dude up from daycare and then hit the road. We made our three hour trek with little hassle (other than the dude figuring out how to unbuckle the upper harness of his carseat...the kid is Houdini reincarnate.) We make it to the Korman garage (Korman is the "hotel") and get all of our stuff/food into the apartment and start cooking the rest of dinner. By now it is five after 6. I call Rich's cell phone and he tells me he is in a meeting, he will call me back. Christian starts getting restless; he needs to eat. I set him up with dinner and wait..no phone call. Then I start hearing some movement outside the door. From the table; there is not a clear view of the door so I had to walk a few feet to see my bewildered husband who wasn't quite sure what to make of it all. (I had made a little sign that Christian colored and taped it to the front door and hung a banner inside the apartment..he was still trying to figure out if I had mailed the sign down and had the hotel staff put it up for me :)
So, needless to say...my surprise payed off. We went and had cake up on the penthouse roof deck with two of Rich's co-workers, Min and Chris and shared a bottle of wine that Min had bought for Rich's birthday. I also got to meet Mr. T...and business man from Japan that speaks less english than he can understand...not a whole lot. Rich, Min and Chris apparently run into Mr. T quite a lot up there so they are all good buddies :) Christian learned everyones names and got to see lots of planes taking off from Newark (I think) and we even saw louds (fireworks).
Overall, it was a great night and Rich says our surprise made his month.
Happy Birthday Babe!
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I'm still smiling! You're the best!
Aww, what a sweet birthday present! (:
Next time you see Mr. T, ask him:
"Ogenki desu ka?" (O pronouced like 'Oh', ki prounouced 'key')
'how are you'/'are you well' in japanese!!
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