It's Sunshine's birthday and for the first time in a long time I'm actually prepared for a birthday.
I've got the card for everyone to sign, balloon, flowers, cupcakes, and I'm going to stop at Starbuck's and grab a coffee for myself.... and a gift card for Sunshine.
I hoped to get to work before she did, so I could surprise her by having her desk decorated when she arrived.
Sadly I ran into some major traffic. They have been doing construction off and on for the past month or so and it kicked in again today.
I didn't care, I needed to stop at Starbuck's because I was exhausted and it was the only way to get through the day.
Once I got to work and saw her car I knew I had to have a different plan of attack.
That plan was not a very good one... it was basically to just hand her things as I could... holding off on the card and the cupcakes.
So I immediately tied the balloon to her chair and then went back to grab the flowers and the vase I'd left by the back sink.
She was so surprised and happy it made me happy, even though my planning was bad.
Every time she would get up to go to the bathroom or take a phone call I would slip another surprise onto her desk.
Right before the show the Coffee Fairy called me over to my desk to tell me someone had dropped off a bunch of food from a local restaurant.
Perfect! We had Sunshine's birthday lunch taken care of!
As I was carrying it back to my desk for safe keeping, she saw me and asked what I had.
I told her I had her birthday lunch catered... she said 'really? Are you serious?'
I quickly replied with 'no, they just dropped it off but it's our lunch'
This isn't even something I would categorize into the accidental genius column, but it was pretty cool.
After lunch I looked down and noticed the cupcakes under my desk... crap!
I busted them out and shared them with the gang.
I ended up going with the cupcakes with the bright colored frosting and farm animals on top.
My choices were transformers... iCarly... and female Disney characters... so I decided the farm animals were the best choice.
I don't think anyone got any work done today. I was busy making sure Sunshine got all the goodies I had planned for her... and at one point our boss came out and said 'when is your birthday happening again? this was fun!'
He's right. It was fun, and it took my mind off the post day 61 hangover I was feeling.
Seeing Sunshine enjoy her birthday as much as she did, made me happy.
But at the end of the day I did get a lump in my throat when she said 'you know where we need to go for my birthday drink?'
I knew the answer... she wants to go to the bar where the old owner asked me out.
I love her to death, but I'm not sure I'm quite ready for that one yet.
She thinks I should just pretend like I never got the message. I'm not so sure about that... but at least I have a few days to figure out a plan.
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