Paul's Birthday

It was Paul's birthday today and I surprised him by taking him to Llewllyn's, a Celtic themed pub. My "pic of the day" is of him and his friend Pat.

Fresh Flowers

I wasn't able to post yesterday because the blogger service was unavailable. My "pic of the day" is of the flowers my husband surprised me with when I came home from work today since I didn't have the best day. I had talked to him earlier about some problems I had and it was so sweet to see that he had listened, and that he chose to surprise me with something special to help make my day better. Funny how flowers can make a day turn around! After I got home we also went for a nice swim too.

Celebration

Slept for 14 hours and still felt tired after my busy week. I got up and quickly decluttered and put things away in time for the party I had for the student officers of the professional fraternity (PEK) that I advise. We played the "Game of Things" and Wii bowling and had food and fun. My "pic of the day" is of the officers receiving their gifts at the party.

After the PEK get together Paul and I ate at Ruby Tuesday's and surprised our favorite server, since she is graduating from MU, with a framed MU photo that I had taken . It felt wonderful to surprise her and let her know that we appreciate her.

We came home after 9 and I worked for about three hours on editing the wedding photos I took two weeks ago. I'm tired again from the day's activities.

Surprises

My "pic of the day" is a photo of the 3ft long stuffed caterpillar that my husband surprised me with today as an early Valentine's Day present. We named him "Snug the Bug."

Other small surprises of the day included the warm sunshine; an unsolicited positive comment on the class content I'm teaching; a workday free for the most part of interruptions; and a hot air balloon. I had no idea that hot air balloons could fly when it is this cold (in the 20s), but there one was for a split second outside my living room window, I ran for my camera and then realized the batteries were dead and by the time I found new ones the hot air balloon had sunk down behind the buildings :( I love hot air balloons and it was such a rare treat to see one this time of year and I would have otherwise been at work had I not come home early again today due to being sick.