birthday festivities.

I went outside this morning to get something from my car and was taken aback by the humid and hot temperature.  Yes, I know I live in Florida, but I thought maybe we would have a few more weeks of nice, subtle mornings.  I'm guessing that's over now and summer is coming in full-force.

It's perfect timing because we are escaping to Colorado for a week in just a few sweet days.
I'm so excited--it has been 9 months since I have seen my best friends and it has been 6 months since I've seen any of my family.  It's going to be good.

My birthday didn't really go as expected.  I ended up working that day about 15 hours.  By the time I got home, I was so tired and just went to bed.
The next day was celebration.  And my husband did a good job.
Many times I have to remind him of the things I like, the places I want to go... etc but when I woke up and went into the kitchen to get water, I started bawling uncontrollably.  There was a hand-written love note to me and six yellow roses.  Nothing does it for me like hand-written things and beautiful blooms.  But what was so sweet about it was that I wasn't expecting anything like that.  And just to read his heart on paper made me cry.  Yes, we live together and see each other everyday, but we don't always tell each other we love each other enough.  Life gets busy and other things demand our attention.  It was so sweet of him.

Later that evening after he got off of work, he told me we needed to leave because we had somewhere to be.  I quickly got ready after being lazy all day and working on projects.  We drove to Orlando, which is very rare for us.  Generally, we avoid Orlando unless we absolutely have to go there.  The traffic, the chaos, the tourist drivers... no, thank you.  But when we do go to Orlando it's usually for something exciting.  He took me to Dexter's.

It's a restaurant we have near our house, but this one was a different atmosphere.

He ordered this Asiago Cheese dip and I had a few nibbles.
It was delicious to say the least.  I still kept with my shrimp salad, though.
Afterwards, we walked around outside--looking at the cute boutiques and shops.  I found this owl necklace I really loved but it was like, 50 bucks.  Bummer.
Next, we went to Starbucks.  It's not a hang-out with David unless there is Starbucks involved.
We told the barista it was my birthday and asked for something free.  He said he couldn't do that.  And then David whipped out a free drink coupon for HIS birthday that was back in February.  The barista accepted it and said, "I'll make this myself for you."
He gave us two grande frappucinnos with a shot of expresso in each--for free.  The guy was awesome.

Please excuse the burn on my hand...so not attractive at all

After I got over my massive stomach-ache from that fat-filled frappe, we walked to the movie theatre.  He originally had planned to see Titanic in 3D with me, but they wouldn't accept his vouchers for a 3D movie which is stupid.  Nonetheless, we saw the Hunger Games (his second time seeing it) and it was an impressive movie so I was happy with it.

It's funny.  Every time either of us plans to do something, our plans usually change in the middle.  We have NEVER had a hang out that was perfectly orchestrated and planned.  I like that.  I like being married to somebody who's spontaneous.  He makes life so much more interesting.