matthew had to work for a little while yesterday morning but got home around 11. the boys and i had spent the morning piddling here and there and were pretty much still in our p.j.s when he got home. we decided to head outside in the sweltering heat to play in the sprinkler for about 10 minutes. i went around the side of the house to adjust the water pressure for the sprinkler. matthew came around the corner with a sleek kind of smile on his face and tells me not to ask any questions but to go upstairs and get dressed.
i thought "get dressed? what does that mean? like i'm going to a party or to the grocery store?" then he tells me to do it as quickly as possible as i ask him how exactly i am supposed to dress for this unknown occasion. he tells me "dress like you're going to target or something." well i wear my workout clothes to target so i decided to spice it up a little more than that. he came upstairs rushing me as i continued to drill him with a billion questions of which he answered NONE.
the next thing i know he's putting a blindfold over my eyes and leading me down the stairs. i proceed to make sure that whoever is keeping our children knows what needs to happen next and then remind him that i have no shoes on and was pretty sure i needed those.
he led me out to a car and i got in but not without banging my head on the way in. (thanks matthew) he told me that the person driving this car would not talk back to me if i talked to them so i could choose what i wanted to do on my mysterious trip. this was quite possibly the strangest moment of my life. i made a statement to the unknown driver that went something like this, "i hope we're going to have fun whoever you are. and i also hope i know you." then i proceeded to ride 20 minutes blindfolded. i had a good idea of where we were heading because all i had to do this whole time was think and try and figure out WHAT was going on. it was the strangest feeling not having ANY idea of who i was with and who was going to be wherever we ended up. it could have been from any spectrum of my life and i was running through all of them. i also thought the whole time that whoever was driving me around obviously didn't know me because the country music was blaring the entire way there. (i later found out that was a decoy) i was pretty much kidnapped.
we finally got to our destination and the driver got me out of the car and led me a good long way before others started walking with us and there was a little hustle and bustle.
FINALLY they took off the blindfold and i was surprised by all the ladies from camp with a birthday celebration lunch at The Cheesecake Factory! i will spare the details of their gift to me, some of our conversation, and what they yelled as they took the blindfold off. BUT it was an incredible birthday surprise and my birthday is still a week and a half away! let the festivities begin!
i have no pictures because i barely made it out of the house with all of my clothes on, much less a camera! but i will post one of my favorites i just discovered of my grey bear and tuck monster.
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