Ok, so the Royal Wedding is over. I was given a hard time all week for literally counting down the days and then the hours yesterday. I remember when Prince William’s parent were married, getting up at 4am as to not to miss anything. Of course, 30 years ago there wasn’t around the clock news like there is today. So at 3:55am I was up, anxiously awaiting the start of the festivities. After about 15 minutes I realized that I didn’t need to see everyone arriving, the only one I wanted to see was Kate arriving and of course the dress. So I reset my alarm and got up at 5:45 just in time to see her getting into the car with her father. She looked beautiful and timelessly classic, a modern Grace Kelly. I couldn’t help shed a tear as the spoke their vows, I always cry at weddings. For a moment I was 14 again, watching history repeat itself.
I guess I’m just a hopeless romantic. This brings to Wednesday and Thursday of this week. So, there are two words that make my girlfriend very happy besides booty call. Cadbury Eggs…yes those cream filled chocolate eggs that are only available around Easter. Jen had given up chocolate for lent so I skipped picking any up for her over the past few weeks. So on Tuesday she texts me a *sniffle sniffle*…”this is the first Easter I haven’t had any Cadbury Eggs and now they’re all gone”. So what do I do? I set out to find these things. I started out at one end of my town and drove around for an hour and a half before embarking on the CVS down by our high school. I walked in and found the left over Easter candy. I started rooting thru the basket and low and behold there was an egg….woohoo! I got one, but wait, what are the chances there’s gonna be another one? SCORE!!! Two eggs. So very proud of myself I pay for my eggs and head home. A friend of mine called when I was driving and asked what I was doing. I explained Jens sadness about missing the eggs for Easter. She randomly suggested that I try the Walgreens in the next town over; they always had tons of Easter candy left over. Ok, I thought, I’ll run up. Sure enough, a carton full of Cadbury Eggs. I grab 10 to give me an even dozen. Driving home very proud of myself I realize now that it would be cute to put them in an egg carton and present them that way. I didn’t have one so over to my neighbor’s home to see if she had one. Yup, she had one but not one that held 12 eggs…no that would make my life too easy. This egg carton held 18 eggs! So, back up to Walgreens to pick up 6 more eggs. The kid that rang me up the second time was the one that rang me up the first time. He goes wow…you must really like these. I just smiled, grabbed my bag and headed out.
I got home and put all the eggs into the carton, very proud of myself. Jen was coming over on Sunday so I figured I would just give them to her then, Mission accomplished….so I thought. A friend of mine called me early Thursday morning and I had told her what I had done. She said that was very sweet and that I should take them out to her apartment and put them in the fridge for her to find. Nah, I had to go to work and she lives 25 minutes one way. Well of course her idea was rattling in my head. What was the harm? I didn’t really have any work to do and my work wife Shirley said she would keep me company on the ride out. OK...let’s do it. Into my car we hop and head out. As we got onto the parkway, it started to rain, not light rain but came down in buckets, can’t see 10 feet ahead of you..RAIN. I drove very cautiously down the parkway and out Rt. 80, passing two nasty accidents on the way. We finally arrived and I made a quick dash in and out of the apartment. Now the drive home…another accident, traffic, what a mess. But hey, my girlfriend was gonna be very happy.
I anxiously waited for Jen to call, it was getting close to 7pm and she had been home for nearly an hour. Was she going to find them, was she going to skip dinner, never opening the refridge to see my little surprise? I sat down at my desk to do some work when she finally called….”um, were you in my apartment today?” Maybe, I coyly responded. “YOU ARE THE GREATEST GIRLFRIEND EVER. She couldn’t believe that I had done this, that I went to the bother of tracking down all those eggs, getting a carton and then driving in that downpour to do that for HER. She said no one had ever down anything so sweet for her her entire life. Again, just a hopeless romantic. I never had been until I met her, and I told her that. She said she’s happy that she gets to reap the rewards. Sometimes it’s just the little things.
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