BIRTHDAY

Yesterday was my husband’s birthday.

He is the big 25 which is surprisingly not as exciting as 16, 18, or 21 even though 25 is somewhat of a landmark birthday. In case you don't know when a male turns 25 their insurance becomes a little cheaper and also at the age of 25 everyone is able to rent a car.

My personal opinion though is when you get married or join the military; all rules regarding age should not apply. If a person is out fighting for my freedom I feel they should be able to have a drink if they so choose, and one problem Darrell and i faced once was renting a car, we were married and on our own but we either couldn't rent a car or had to pay a fee, which i thought was completely stupid at the time because my husband worked for the company.

Anyway, back to his birthday.

For the past two years instead of me giving my husband a gift, he's been giving me a gift on his birthday. Never on purpose, it just happened that way. The first birthday we were together, he got me a dog. My hamster had died that day and i was completely devastated so he got me max. Last year we got ourselves a Wii which was really his present but I ended up playing it more. So now he says he got me the Wii. So this year I was making sure no gift buying for me was happening.

We had fun yesterday though. we went to the science museum which turned out to be really cool. they have a planetarium, an IMAX Dome, a TON of exhibits that were really fun to play and use, but my absolute favorite thing was the Science Live exhibit. This exhibit consisted of a one woman show of her doing explosive experiments with the children. She was so hilarious but the experiments were pretty legit, putting things on fire, one cool thing was she put like hydrogen in a water jug, like the ones from collagen, and then shaked it up to make it a gas, and then put a candle at the opening and it just went flying! It was attached to a swing so no one got hit or anything but it was crazy. Finally she got some really cold liquid hydrogen, something like that, and put it in a regular 2 liter bottle, and threw it in this big container. We covered our ears and BAMB!! IT EXPLODED!

The whole time I was thinking, I really want her job. She was having so much fun, but then I realized that the kind of concept I want to bring to my classroom about science. I want to make it LIVE. I'm going to start a hat collection for my classroom for me to wear during different subjects or topics. When I'm a scientist I may wear a white lab coat with some safety goggles and since I love acting I may just take it a step further and act like different people when I'm in the hats. :-) I want them to be has engaged as possible.

Anyway, my husband had a good time and after we left the museum I told him we could go eat anywhere he wanted. Instead of picking like olive garden or even some place like red lobster, he picked McAlister's Deli, because he wanted some chili in a bread bowl. Then we went over to one of his friends’ house and they played COD and Halo for the rest of the night.

It is funny because I really didn't do anything for his birthday, I didn't get him a present, a card, or even a birthday cake. You know why?

It’s not because I am a horrible wife, but it's because I already got him a HUGE gift. See I gave him the gift of sight. I got him eye surgery so he could see without glasses or contacts. and i bet you can guess that a surgery like that could cost a good arm and leg. You are absolutely correct. So you can see why I am saying that the eye surgery is his birthday, valentine’s day, Christmas, presidents day, you get the picture.

Last year though I threw him a surprise birthday party which was really fun but this year it was nice to just hang out with him and not stress too much. I'll save that for our kids.

Happy Birthday My Love.