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A few months before I turned 40, my husband asked me if I wanted a party. I told him I thought I did,but now its too late, because if I had a party, I wanted it to be a surprise. He just ignored that last comment

A few months before I turned 40,

my husband asked me if I wanted a party.

I told him I thought I did,

but now its too late,

because if I had a party,

I wanted it to be
a surprise.

He just ignored that last comment

and

began to look at the calendar

He chose the date and actually wrote out a list of friends.

He thought a nice intimate dinner with a few of our closets friends would be perfect.

on the other hand

thought that would be extremely boring

a blow out with some sort of clever theme,

something out of the ordinary,

would be more my cup of tea.

He became quite exasperated

and said

"If you want a party, plan it yourself"

oh that Joe, he is such a kidder!

I wondered how he was going to set it up

and when a friend of ours called

an hour later

and asked us to go to their sky box

at the white sox game

on the exact night we had planned my party

I thought

Wow, not bad big guy,

I would never have come up with that one

lah de dah

I did not give it another thought other than trying to decide what I was going to wear

until I received a call from our friends about a week before the big day.

They said they made a mistake,

the game

was actually a week or two later,

and since we already made plans to get together,

why don't we just go out for dinner.

Ah hah

so its not going to be at their sky box after all

that was pretty extravagant anyway,

now its going to be at a restaurant

I told Joe that was a pretty good set up!

"What are you talking about"

he said

"Well, my surprise party of course!"

he reminded me again that he was not having a surprise party

for me

if I wanted one, I had to plan it myself

yeah sure

oh they thought they were so tricky

as the evening approached,

I kept telling everyone

I would see them at my surprise party,

they all played dumb with me

not a single person slipped

they repeated the same thing

numerous times

telling me over and over again

"hey listen, if Joe is having a party for you,

he didn't invite me"

Yeah sure!

The night finally arrived and I put on my new outfit,

took extra time with my hair and make up

and couldn't wait for the evenings festivities to unfold.

I knew I was having a party,

I just did not know when they were all going to jump out of

somewhere?

and

yell

surprise!

Since nothing out of the usual happened

after ordering

and believe me
I was looking around for some balloons

and happy faces the entire time

I was beginning to doubt myself

but not to worry,

soon

our friends suggested we go back to their place for desert.

OMG!

They have a gorgeous house!

I was floored they were holding the party there!

I excused myself and went to the ladies room and put on some more lipstick
I wonder if they did a
this is your life video?
I was just so excited

then I
wiped the lipstick off my teeth
another story
and headed back to the table

acting like I knew nothing

we finally paid the bill
pretty soon the party would be in full bloom

I wondered what picture they chose of me

to blow up?

When we pulled into their driveway I thought they must have gone to a lot of trouble hiding all the cars,

I was certainly

going to let them know just how much I appreciated

everything they did.

I can't believe I ever doubted Joe's creativity.

never again!

We ate our dessert in their library and I kept thinking

everyone is so quiet,

my poor friends must have been waiting such a long time

I wondered what they were up to all night?

Before I knew what hit me

Joe said he was tired and we were going to leave

he thanked them and suddenly

I was back in our car headed for home.

I was dumbfounded,

fun is fun

ok, now where is the party

I have been a good sport all evening long

Joe, where did you hide our friends?

He looked at me with such a strange confused look on his face

"Rose, I told you,

if you wanted a surprise party

you had to plan it yourself!"

But I thought he was kidding

I guess I was wrong

He assured me, in no uncertain terms

he was not kidding

he tried to plan a party

and I did not like the kind of party he was planning

and then he reminded me that he told me

to plan one myself

but Joe,

Carol called me an hour later and asked us to go out on the very day we chose to have the party

then she called back and said she made a mistake

over the date of the sox tickets

but

suggested that

we might as well have dinner together

and then she invited us back to her house

for dessert

yeah, he said

but I told you

I was not going to have a party for you

and

if you wanted one, you had to plan it yourself

you never listen to me do you?

that's when he began to laugh uncontrollably

and went into his

oh wait a minute act

he started flicking the front porch lights on and off

and looking down in the basement and telling everyone to be quiet

I really did not know what to think at that point

It was almost 11:30

yet

I was

reluctant to take off my make up

I was still hoping against hope

yet again

when Joe got into bed and started snoring

dah, maybe he did not plan a party

just maybe I would not be hearing anyone singing happy birthday to me

that evening

it was a surprise all right

I was surprised beyond belief

I was so surprised

I did not have a surprise party

I woke

or should I say
I poked

Joe up

and said

I just can not believe you did not have a party for me

he said

"when are you going to believe me

I told you

if you wanted a party

you had to plan it yourself"

he then fell sound asleep

and at that precise moment

I began to plan my surprise party

and that's another story