Yesterday Jag was sort of in a funk for turning 14. From the time he woke up he was sort of feeling sorry for himself or as he put it, kind of being a bitch. (he did apologize for his language) After school I picked up both boys and we headed home. Now unbeknownst to him, Â soon we’d be heading to his surprise party. You see 72 hours earlier when I was asking him for the 100th time what he wanted to do for his birthday, I made the off hand comment, “you’d better watch out or I’ll throw you a surprise party”, to which he replied, “oh you’re good at that” meaning I had just told him and couldn’t possibly pull that off. At that point neither of us had any idea he’d have a surprise party until I had an epiphany 5 minutes later a and thought to myself, game on!
So I tracked down two of his buddies in the parking lot after school and solicited their help. Later that evening (Monday) I had a list with emails of 12 of his parents friends and sent them all an email. While his friends were putting together the list, I contacted Bol, which is our upscale bowling ally. This place is like nothing you’ve ever seen for a bowling ally. Soon after I sent the emails, responses started coming in and within 36 hours, all 12 invited were coming. Lori emailed back, “what, no girls” as I didn’t invite any. One of his friends said whenever girls are around, all the guys act different, so we decided no girls. Plus the 2 ally’s I rented only held up to 12 people.
So after school we came home to feed Mojo and then I said we were meeting Mom in town. Ty did a great job keeping the secret as did all the boys. One Mom rsvp’d for her son but said she wasn’t telling him about the party until she dropped him off as he’d spill the beans for sure! We arrived in Vail, parked the truck and walked toward Bol. Jag wondered why we were going inside to meet Mom but that was easy to overcome as I said “because it’s 3 below zero outside”! We walked in and no Mom so we made our way through the restaurant towards the back where you bowl. When he came around the corner, you should have seen his face, he was truly surprised as 12 of his buddies were there waiting for him! For the next 90 minutes, the boys bowled, ate chicken wings, ribs, pizza’s and then had cake, along with like 20 gallons of Coke. Meanwhile a few of us parents went out front and had some appetizers and drinks while they partied on. After it was over, Jag couldn’t stop thanking us and apologizing for his attitude earlier in the day. We told him no need to apologize and we were glad he had a good time, he really was surprised, and the call on no girls was a good one.
It’s 14 degrees in Denver meaning it’s below zero up here at 5am as I write today’s blog. I’m headed down for a quick trip to Denver and should be in town by 8 and out by 11. It’s the last day of school and the kids are out at noon but they’ll walk home with their friends until I make it back up. We also have Lori’s work party at 6:30 tonight and we decided to just stop in for a drink. It’s a sit down dinner but we just can’t do the whole thing. You see I’m still sick and Lori is just worn out. So that’s it, one week until Christmas, whoo hoo. Hope everyone is well and enjoying the season, God Bless.