August 23, 2009:
It is the peak of summer - this was day we had been dreaming about in January and February. It is time to wear sleeveless tops and shorts, and enjoy fun and sun. It is time for barbecue, picnics, road trips, beaches - I just won't let this go by without a blog, would I?
We just returned home from a surprise birthday picnic for my husband who turned sixty, yes, 6-0, this August. His birthday was on the 4th, but because of too many activities earlier, we had to have it today.
This is my first time to organize a surprise party in a long while. The challenge is doubled because my right leg is not strong yet, and I am using a cane. It was a problem to move heavy objects - like drinks, water, watermelon - and it seemed like I went up and down the stairs a thousand times. It was even more difficult to give a good answer every time my husband asks me why was I hauling those stuff!
Well, we made it - I think he kind of suspected it later - but we all had fun.
We had it at Thomas Point in Annapolis
, a fishing park operated by Anne Arundel County. T
his is my husband's favorite place - fishing relieves him of his stresses in life - so loved it that my friend commented that if we will have third child, his name should be "Thomas." I cannot understand this obsession to fishing, I cannot see any excitement in waiting for fish for the longest time. But since this is his day, it is just right to hold the party at a place he loves, isn't it?I addition to standard
party essentials of food, drinks and good company, there was an
added bonus of roasting freshly caught fish, including an 18-inch rock fish, which got everyone excited. The photographers had a busy time.I smelled of smoke, barbecue, sun and sweat. But is this not what summer is all about?
Enjoy the rest of your summer - fall, and then winter, is coming again!
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