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My husband pulled off his first and only surprise to me on my thirtieth birthday. We had been invited over to some friend’s house for dinner and I, being totally me, had a complete melt down beforehand trying to decide what to wear. I was totally worked up about my silly outfit and what dish to bring to share! Crazy stuff I tell you, carazier than getting head lice! Anyway, so we were supposed to be at their house at three that afternoon and by four we were just leaving the house. I was all stressed out over something as silly as my clothes and food! My poor husband now driving like a crazy man down the beach! We arrive at their home and as we walk in I notice a birthday cake sitting on their stove. I remember thinking to myself that she must have made that for my boys because their birthday is just a few days from mine. When I heard the giant crowd scream, “SURPRISE” it still didn’t totally register with me! And there I was making everyone wait forever!!! Now they were all smiling and hollering at me “Happy Birthday!!!” I felt like a total goof, but a very, very blessed one!

As a joke one time I decided that it would be funny to give my husband a small hickey on his neck. I thought it was hilarious one weekend and the little thing was still there when he went to work on Monday. He called me in the morning hours to let me know that his office staff had noticed the silly thing and that he was now the butt of many jokes around the office. Of course, I still thought that was pretty funny. It wasn’t until his after lunch call that I started to think that this was not such a great idea. He called to inform me that he had been pulled into his boss’s office and spoken to sternly about office policy and proper personal appearance. With that he had told me he had to go as there was a meeting now happening “in his honor” with several heads of the company. Of course I started to sweat and feel just awful that my little joke had gone this far. An hour later he called to let me know that he had been terminated for some sort of indecent behavior at work. I was totally devastated and starting crying. It was then that he whispered sweetly two little words “April Fools”. Who knew it was April first!