The surprise that wasn't a surprise at all.

Tweet

I was supposed to be at a surprise birthday party for my cousin's husband. I have always been close with their family, and his daughters arranged to secretly be here and planned for us all to meet for lunch--I think there was to be 12 of us. So I got ready and off I went, had lined up someone to hang out with the son for a bit, etc. The birthday man is a creature of habit. On Thursdays, he always goes to a certain restaurant downtown that has delicious food. He had no idea his daughters had secretly planned this, and today, of all days--he didn't show up there! He's always there by 11:15 on Thursdays--I know that because I have met him and his wife many times there in the past, until she passed away last year. Anyway, his daughter finally texted him and said she thought she would meet up with him if he was going to be at his Thursday place, and he texted back to say at the last minute he decided to meet 2 of his old state trooper buddies at their favorite place!! The party is changed to Saturday. His daughters told him they would take him to lunch, and we are going to try one more time to have the surprise party. This cousin is a big creature of habit...he is very predictable. Obviously, we counted on that a bit too much! I definitely surprised the son by coming home right away!