Surprise!!!
So this past weekend was Samantha's birthday. I preface this story with the fact that this woman is incredibly intelligent and extremely difficult to surprise... so I got the help of her best friend since 6th grade, Alida.
These two girls grew up on the islands of Hawaii together and have been apart of each others' thick and thin. So it was with great hesitance that I included Alida in on this endeavor. She could just as easily sided with Sammy and then the surprise would have been nullified.
Fortunately, however, Alida was up for the challenge.
We started the weekend with Alida flying in on Friday night, I picked her up and we ended up sneaking her up behind Sam at the local grocery. I was hugging Sam and being affectionate when the strangely familiar voice spoke up behind her saying, "why don't you two get a room, that's disgusting!"
Sam turned around to see her best friend and suddenly squealed and became all giddy... SURPRISE!!!
The next day was a day of sunshine, miniature golf and good wine...
But what Sam didn't expect was the surprise birthday. Yet, she had all of the opportunity to suspect with all of the manipulation and creative turns the evening took. We ended up going to a completely different restaurant than where the party was at. We ate dinner, enjoyed some music and the whole time, Alida and I were rushing to get to the party without Sammy picking up on it. So while we were all done eating, Sam was still enjoying the live music and slowly eating her shrimp... So we help her polish them off.
I called the party, headed by my friend Brian and told we were on our way. Then I turned to Sammy and said that Brian and his girlfriend was requesting us to join them for dessert... Oh the webs we weave... Off we went to the other restaurant and SURPRISE!!!
I got her the hoodie she wanted - part of Tito Ortiz's "Team Punishment" working attire in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). She's a huge fan and assimilated me as a fan too. With this present she was ecstatic!!! SURPRISE!!!
