My Sister, The 30-Year-Old!

Okay, this post is more about my WONDERFUL sister, Marie! Today is her

BIRTHDAY!

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KID!

She is 30 today (ooh, almost typed in 20)!

Marie got the MOST-WONDERFUL present of all. First, tomorrow, my grandfather and his girlfriend of 18 years are getting married. Don't get me started. Don't want to talk about it now. This post is for Marie.

Anyway, I've been working with Vegas Princess since January to surprise Marie with her visit. They haven't seen each other in 2 years. The same day the wedding date was announced, VP sends me a text message, saying they just purchased their tickets. Hmmm! What a dilemma. What will we do? I told her to tell Joe that Marie wasn't allowed to come down here for the wedding. Just tell her straight out, "It's YOUR birthday. I've got something planned and you're not allowed to leave the state."

So, she stayed there. I knew all about it because I was doing reconaissance work for the group. Even my dad knew what was going on because I had to tell him. He told Marie not to come down because a big fiasco was happening. So, we all knew but her.

But, as you all have read, as Marie is so close, about 3 hours drive away, she comes home quite frequently. So, I have been having my fun razzing VP on the blog about how much I get to see her and she doesn't. Believe me, because VP is my "sister by proxy," we've been chatting much more on text msgs. We're both on Verizon Wireless so texting is free (gotta love it when it's free!). But, I digress. I told her all about how Marie was sticking up for VP because of the amount of razzing I've done. She still had NO CLUE about the trip.

So, here's the story from VP. Wednesday night, Joe, Marie's boyfriend, told Marie he had to go back to work for a while. Hmmm? Ok. Marie's off and at home. This was so he could pick up VP and Mr. VP at the airport. Getting home about 11pm, said guests get out of the car and make their way to the front door. Joe drives into the garage. While he's going in, they are dinging the doorbell. Marie gets nervous, "Who's dinging my doorbell at 11 at night?" She cautiously opens the curtain next to the front door. The look was one-in-a-million. Looking at Marie from outside are both VP and Mr. VP. She gets so excited she starts jumping in place and running around.

Marie called me yesterday morning.

"Yes. How are you? What's up?"

Then, she says something to me like, "It's no wonder I can't come down there for the wedding." Hmmm, indeed!

VP gets on the phone and tells me the story above and thanks me tremendously for the help. I told she won't be able to do this again to surprise her. Yep, this is a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Marie gets back on the phone. "Okay. We're going to finish getting ready because we're going to the casino today."

"So, VP and Mr. VP flew all that way to see you to go to the casinos."

I now Marie stopped to think about that statement, especially since VP and Mr. VP are from Vegas. She started laughing, then told VP what I just said.

I know there' s going to be a huge party for my sister. Enjoy! I'm glad I was able to help in this surprise. I think I could work as a spy for a company. This was fun!

Love to all,
Cathy
8^ )

P.S. I've got 3 posts before this that I'm writing today. It's been a very hectic week, with school and home, and kid, etc.