Wednesday, April 25, 2007

But There is NO Expiration Date

Yesterday was Reha’s birthday. She turned a number greater than 25, but less than 40. Crazy thing is that though she’s closer to the 40 number, she can still pass for 25. Really!

Small preface here. I know EXACTLY the date of my wife’s birthday. I have NEVER forgotten that date. It’s the day before Italy’s Liberation Day. Duh. I’d never forget that day. “Viva la Liberazione!” Sometimes the date kind of sneaks up on me and catches me unprepared, but I NEVER forget the date. Carry on.

IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP!

When you work a long day and haven’t really planned on a birthday present and when you ask her what she wants, she says, “Oh, I don’t want any presents!” and you can’t really see anything that she desperately needs, and the kids are totally clueless; resorting to giving her a hand scrawled coupon “Good for one FREE hour of ‘Jon-Love’” is never the right solution.

I should have known, because the coupon I gave her last year went unused.

1. Oh, Oh, I bet you were in big trouble mister!!!  =)

   Posted by kellynerd  on  04/25/07  at  12:11 PM

2. When HRH and I got married, we planned our wedding date for the day before his birthday.  I told him it was because I figured that if our anniversary was next to a date that actually meant something to him, he’d be more likely to remember it (in actuality, it was because if we’d done it the next week, it’d have been on the 13th and that seemed like tempting fate).

   I, of course, forgot the birthday that happened the day after the wedding, but I told him that the next time my birthday happened after a week of parties and sleep deprivation, he was at liberty to forget mine.

   Posted by Jenna  on  04/25/07  at  01:03 PM

3. Oh, also, whenever we go to a Regal Cinema and they announce “Regal Cinema gift certificates: the perfect gift for any occasion!” HRH always announces that he now knows what to get me for my next birthday.

   And he always gets socked.

   Posted by Jenna  on  04/25/07  at  01:06 PM

4. Actually, I think I did OK. I stun-gunned the kids and dragged them to Ann Taylor Loft, Barnes & Noble and the local Apple Store.

   1 pair of pants (nice!)
   1 shirt (probably will be exchanged for something she likes)
   1 pair of sandals (whatever, a kid chose them)
   3 CDs (opted for CDs instead of books @ B&N;)
   1 iPod nano (blue)

   1 very grumpy Dad from having to police four kids in three different stores. Seriously, I was tearing my hair out when we got home. C-R-A-Z-Y.

   Wait, I don’t really have any hair anymore. I can’t use that cliché anymore!

   Posted by Jon  on  04/25/07  at  02:28 PM

5. Well....maybe the coupon was used....but on another Jon...Or maybe she knows it will expire well before the hour is up :-)

   Posted by Sirdar  on  04/25/07  at  06:31 PM

6. Ow! That had to hurt!

   Posted by Radioactive Jam  on  04/26/07  at  06:10 AM

7. Ouch, Sirdar, ouch. You cut me deep.

   but it was funny, so I’m letting it slide. :-]

   Posted by jon  on  04/26/07  at  09:04 AM

8. If the wife doesn’t like the Nano feel free to regift it.  My birthday is November 26th.

   Posted by michael  on  04/26/07  at  05:21 PM

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