"Locket"
There has been a request for the details of the birthday, and I finally have the time to give them!
Let's start with Wednesday, the 14th. Matt had to go to the bank to take care of some paperwork, and afterward, we were going to go to lunch with his sister. He was at the bank an awful long time, and I was starting to get hungry. His sister called him, and found out that they had to go pick up some prescriptions as well. When he and his mom got back from the bank, he also had new sneakers. Off we went to lunch; I was starving. I was a bit annoyed, but I didn't say anything.
On Thursday, after dinner, Matt and I were sitting out on the porch (my favourite spot). Matt's sister Sarah came in, and said that our presence was required to "discuss" something. I thought she was inviting us to play "The Game of Life" which we had played a few nights before. We walked over to the dining room table and the first thing I saw was Lori's handwriting - YES, the FIRST thing I noticed, among two other gift bags and a cheesecake! :) I couldn't believe it. It was two surprises in one - the one from my soul sister, and the one from Matt's family. I was tickled. My mind was racing with thoughts of how they cooked all this up behind my back, and how Lori and Matt had schemed as well. It was truly the most wonderful feeling, to think that all of these wonderful people were planning such wonderful things for me - more exciting than the presents themselves or even the cheesecake! :)
Fast forward to Sunday. We arrived on Saturday off a red-eye, so we went to bed early. I knew I would be up early, both because of the excitement, and because that is how I react to jet-lag. Nevertheless, Matt set his alarm for 9, in the hopes that he would get up before me. I woke up at 6:30. 6:30! I couldn't wake him up then, so I just relaxed in bed and waited for him to get up. By 7:30 I couldn't wait much longer. So, he got up and made me coffee (I LOVE getting coffee made for me in the morning :). Then, he asked me what I wanted to do for dinner - what happened next would depend on whether we went out, or whether he made me dinner. Since I decided to go out to dinner, he decided that we would have cake for breakfast, which we had in bed!!! Then I got my present. It came in a gift bag that I can re-use - another bag!!! (pics to follow) Inside was UK-Hercules, whom I immediately fell in love with. The card, which I posted a picture of, was HUGE, and filled with heart-shaped confetti (I didn't know that guys knew that stuff existed!!), which I proceeded to sprinkle all over the bed and floor. It is still all over my apartment - some was trailed into the bathroom and the living room. Love is all around! And then, the pièce de résistance - this locket. Now, I didn't tell Matt ANYTHING about what I wanted for my birthday (I just said "something pretty"), but I swear that I was secretly hoping for jewellery, and secretly hoping for something heart-shaped. How is that possible?! He said that he was worried I wouldn't like it, because of a comment one character on The Office made (an episode which we watched together) about girls not liking heart-shaped jewellery. Needless to say, I LOVE IT. (Oh, did I also mention that he remembered that I prefer silver jewellery as opposed to gold???) Anyway, this is what Matt was up to when he was at "the bank" on the 14th :)
After all of the morning excitement, we took a nap (I never do this!), and then watched The Blindside, one of my favourite movies. Then we went out for sushi.
The best thing about this day, however, was not the presents, and not being made to feel special (which is something that I know that I not only need, but crave). The best thing about this day was the awareness/realisation that this day didn't feel any different than any other day with Matt, because every day with him I feel special and loved. (I know, extra sappy - forgive me). And yes, I told him this, too! :)
Amy -- I am not going to work hard to find the right words, because I know that they don't exist to describe how I feel for you. I will simply comment on the photo, and the locket --- they're BOTH gorgeous!! I actually LOVE the photo. The locket is so crisp. And, I admit (sorry, Jim) -- I am completely jealous. I've always wanted an "every day" necklace, somthing that serves as a part of me. I never knew what it should be, and now I know!!
ReplyDelete(Matt, I love you. A lot. You should know that.)
Carmen - I was listening to the July 4th Weekend chapter of Something Borrowed on my way to work this morning, then I get in and read this. Amy's last part there --- was something Rachel said about Dex that weekend!
~Lori
Thanks, thanks and thanks! I know, that is exactly the reason I love the necklace - I can (and probably will) wear it every day, and it is a part of me...I have a lot of funky/chunky/costume jewellery type necklaces, with lots of beads and plastic, and I was worried that if he did get me jewellery, it would be something like that (which would be totally fair, because he sees those necklaces hanging in my apartment all the time!) But how awesome that he intuited what I would love!!! Very few people can get presents right for me, so it is even doubly or triply awesome that he did!
ReplyDeleteI saw the film Something Borrowed, and loved it! If that is something Rachel said about Dex, then wow, I need to read the book! :)
Amy -- Carmen is VERY into Emily Giffin, the author of Something Borrowed - she's also read the next book in the series, Something Blue. Carmen is so into her, that I decided to see what the hype was about and downloaded the audiobook for Something Borrowed. With the 3 main characters, it is very close to the movie. All of the friends are different in the book - I'll leave it at that in case you choose to read it.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest difference in the book is that Rachel, the main character, lives so much in her head. The book is seen through the eyes of her internal thoughts and memories; something that cannot be translated to screen so easily.
In quite a few of her musings - I saw YOU and your perspective. Funnily enough, during one of them I was not sure if I was thinking of you, or Carrie Bradshaw ... and a few sentences later, she related her life to Sex And The City!
If you do not mind knowing the story in advance, I would recommend reading the book. Carmen says the next one takes a different perspective so I'll defintitely listen to see what it's all about.
~Lori
well this carmen chick ya'll are talking about posted a comment earlier that was profound as hell but somehow didn't post! ack! too bad she doesn't remember it....
ReplyDeletei know the word "lovely" was involved :-)