What a Surprise!!!
Not!!!
It was my 25th Birthday — middle of winter, July, brass monkey weather in fact! Darkening skies early. Freezing cold….
It was Friday and I had been at work all day when my friend Jennifer picked me up and we decided to go late-night shopping in town.
I had my small son with me. He was about 4 years old and all rugged up against the cold, however, he was very tired as he had been at the child care centre all day and he was a little antsy. Basically, who could blame him!
But, whenever I suggested going home my dear friend kept finding things for us to do, really necessary things to do! Things that could not be put off.
Eventually, our shopping completed we headed home.
Well as I previously advised it was my birthday but the “man of the house” appeared to have forgotten all about it!
The fact is I thought he was out with his friends so I was miffed. Really miffed. The little girl in me was most upset!
It was about 9.00 pm when we finally arrived home and the house looked so lonely. Dark, no lights on, cold.
My words went something like this ”B….y M. where on earth are you?”
So there I was on the doorstep fiddling with my keys trying to get the door open and getting crosser by…
