Number One: I took Ethan to lunch (Pizza Hut, natch) so Tracey could have a bit more time to sleep in/relax this morning for her birthday. As we arrived home, she was getting ready to leave.
“I’m going to renew my license,” she said, “I have to do it today.”
We waved her goodbye and went in to wrap her present.
She called a few minutes later and asked if I would bring her wallet to her.
She had forgotten to bring her license to renew her license.
What’s priceless about this is not just the irony (although it is rich and deep), but the fact that it is just the sort of thing that I would do. Indeed, Tracey will often call me before she comes to pick up Ethan from preschool to find out what (not “if”) I have forgotten. “Be ye not unequally yoked together” the Scripture says. Well we’re both rather uneven, but we’re yoked together, does that count ;-?
Number Two: Two coupons came in the (e)mail for a restaurant that I’ll call “Restaurant B”
One was a “Thanks for signing up for our email list!” message, with a coupon for a free dessert. This, despite the fact that we had signed up for the list a long time ago, over a year ago I’d say.
The second was for Tracey, wishing her a happy birthday and offering her a “A FREE Entrée” with the purchase of “any of our delicious entrees”
I thought the choice of “delicious” was interesting.
“Do you have to choose one of the delicious entrees to get a free one? Do they cost more if they are delicious?”
I also thought it was interesting that they only used the é for “Entrée” but not for “entrees” — but that’s just me.
We decided to go to “Restaurant B” for dinner.
“Which coupon should we use?” I asked, since they both expire in a week and we could only use one of them.
“The one for the Free Entrée” she said, both capitalizing and correctly punctuating the word Entrée, since she used to take French.
She continued: “I bet if I tell them that it’s my birthday, they’ll give me a free dessert anyway.”
With a brain like that, is it any wonder I Love her?
(P.S. They did. A giant warm brownie with a gigantic scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. She took one bite, announced herself full and pushed it towards me. Did I hit the jackpot or what ;-?
Happy thirtysomething to my lovely bride.