(tries to stop shaking)

….

so…

A month ago, I walked by Jack at his computer and he looked at me all weird, with a guilty look on his face. I was like “what?” so I looked down and saw that he had an email from my boss. I was like, “why the heck are you writing an email to my boss?!?”

He said not to worry about it and it was a surprise for my birthday and that he was getting me “a day off”. (My birthday is Tuesday, the 22nd of Feb.).

Of course I had to ICQ my boss anyway and give her a hard time. She said she had to come clean, they were having an affair. ROFL Then she said, seriously, that he was planning something for me and to not spoil it for him.

So, I did good mostly. I only asked him a few times, teasingly. I figured it was a trip to the beach on my birthday. Which would be weird since it was the middle of the week, and the kids have school, but, he kept telling me to hush and not worry about anything. He also said not to get my hopes up because it wasn’t anything THAT big.

ok…

Well, this last week has been especially hard not to wonder, ya know? And I was sitting next to him at his desk and he got another email from my boss… and he was all flipping out on me telling me not to look, and then Kevin was telling me to stop looking, too. So I say “oh you know too?” and I find out that a lot of people know about it besides me, and I’m like “WHAT?!!??!”

Then Jack told me it really wasn’t THAT big of a deal and he was hoping I wasn’t getting my hopes up for something huge. And he admitted it was a small getaway, but wouldn’t tell me where.

Well, “small” … my butt!

Tonight, he sat me down at the table. There was a letter and a card. He told me to read the letter out loud.

First page said:

So I wanted to plan a nice birthday getaway, and I decided to take you to the beach for a 4 day weekend.

I had my work cut out for me though, because I had to schedule the time off for me, you, babysitter, etc.

There were some scary moments where it seemed like it wasn’t going to happen, but it all came together.

The only thing was, I didn’t get the 4 days…

Second page:

I got 7.

Oh yeah…

Third page:

Keep going…

Fourth page:

And it’s in Hawaii.

Happy Birthday Sweetie

We’re going to Hawaii!!! For a week!!!!

OMG!!!

Then he hands me a packet that says “All about Hawaii”. And the kids come out, Casey carring a pineapple, and Melissa a purple balloon, and Kevin a vial of Hawaiin sea salt that Jack’s dad had given him to give to me so we could find out where it was from. And there was a gift (like a trip to Hawaii isn’t enough?) that I opened and it was the movie 50 First Dates (which I LOVE!).

NOW I know why he’s been playing all this Hawaiin music by this one guy (Isreal something, that I’ll never be able to pronounce, let alone spell… the guy who sings that really popular version of the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” that was in the movie 50 First Dates, and other various shows/movies).

So he coordinated a babysitter for a week and got me a week off work… WOW!!!

Anyway, so to say I’m in shock is an understatement!!!!!

He was originally going to wait to tell me like the day before my birthday but figured I wouldn’t appreciate only having one day to prepare for A 7 DAY TRIP TO HAWAII. Yeah, I’m glad he told me now… cause OMG I’d flip out if I wasn’t totally ready to go, hehe. I’ve got laundry to do, and shorts to buy.. I wasn’t going to buy new clothes till I lost a lot more weight and just deal with what I have, but I’ve lost 30 lbs so all my clothes are big… and I don’t wanna be wearing big baggy ugly shorts in Hawaii!! DUH!

But but.. Wow.

The only reason I have time to post this now is because he’s making me a Hawaiian themed Valentine’s dinner.

Isn’t he the coolest? Am I spoiled or WHAT?? I’m freaking out.. I’m going to Hawaii!! I’ve always wanted to go … and it’s for real! I’m sooooo excited! AAAAAH!

And Happy Birthday to my Mom!