Mets Day 132 - Surprise!

Tomorrow we're having an open house for my 50th birthday.  (If you didn't get an invitation and live in the DC area, sorry, you're invited!)  Earlier this week I talked to my Mom on the phone -- she lives in Florida -- and she said that she wished that she could be there for the party, but it was a long way to go, and she and my stepdad had just spend two weeks with us at the end of June. 

So yesterday evening I came home from spending about 6 hours at the office.  Jennifer was not home, but the rest of the kids were.  I went into the bathroom to rearrange my bowels and read the paper, and heard Jennifer come home.  When I came out, there was Jennifer sitting with my mom in the living room.  I glanced over, said hi, then did the classic double take -- I did not expect my Mom to be sitting there!  We all had a good laugh.  Everyone but me was in on it, and Jennifer said that she nearly let it slip a few times, but the stealth mission was successful. 

My Mom will be here through Monday, unless the hurricane brewing in the Caribbean causes US Air to cancel its flights -- then she may be here a bit longer.  We'll happily take every minute of family time we can get.   Last night we played a few family games with the whole family.  Today I stayed home and we visited.  We pulled weeds in the flowerbeds until we were dripping with sweat, then came in to cool off.  It's nice to be able to have a comfortable relationship with her.