Perfect Birthday Surprise

Thursday was supposed to be like any other Thursday. Well, not quite cause it was closing day for my wonderful clients, and I like the closing day excitement, with emails from escrow all the way until somewhere between 4 and 5 pm, when we finally get the recording numbers and I get to hand the keys to new home owners with a closing gift. My best gift is a happy client.

However, unlike other Thursdays I get an email whilst driving to the office letting me know I’m going on a vacation. Wait? What? On a vacation? When? I open the message in the next traffic light, and it says something along the line: “You have been invited to go on a vacation to Seaside Oregon, starting Friday, December 8”

I think I screamed a little bit inside my car before calling my hubs to ask if he was serious. I knew he was, as he had been talking about Seaside weather, and how nice the forecast was looking down there for the weekend. I also knew this was my perfect birthday surprise. Now I just had to clear my calendar, and the kids’ calendars for the next few days as soon as I got to the office. At an other time, I may have been annoyed, but now I was just purely excited, a weekend in sunshine with my toes in the sand… I could totally use that. He had known that as my sale was closing on Thursday I would be able to go away, as there wasn't anything that pressing going on.