Birthday Weekend 2021: The Almost Vaccinated One

My husband, Dan, just celebrated his birthday weekend. He was only three days away from his second shot. I am calling this birthday The Almost Vaccinated One.

 

 

You know, our Quarantine/Staycation/Almost Vaccinated birthday celebrations haven't been that much different from years past. The only variation is we now have an excuse NOT to socialize. 

 

For Dan's birthday weekend, we went to the Weezer Concert . . . 

 

Well, we sat on our couch and watched their virtual concert with the LA Philharmonic. This is how we rock 'n roll now!

Of course, my faithful readers know that I would, in fact, reenter society just to see these guys in person. Weezer is my favorite!

 

 

 

I baked Dan a cake. (From a box, of course. I don't bake from scratch. It doesn't go well.) He picked out the mix at the grocery store.

 

"Are you sure you don’t want something more fun?" I asked. 

 

"Chocolate frosting on chocolate cake? Sounds fun to me!"

 

I thought he would have wanted German Chocolate at least.

 

While I was baking the cake Saturday afternoon, all of the smoke alarms in our house went off. No, I didn't set anything on fire. They are sensitive. I think we need new alarms.

Dan requested BBQ from Goodwood Saturday night. I had made a BBQ pizza for him Friday night. Do you see a pattern here?

 

We also went on a birthday hike. Sometimes the weather isn't nice enough on Dan's birthday, but this year, it was the perfect spring weekend.   

 

 

A few months ago, I was so proud of myself. I came up with the perfect birthday gift for Dan. 

 

During the pandemic, he has become interested in bird watching and identification. We live in the perfect area for it. I purchased a nice pair of binoculars and an Audubon Society-recommended field guide. 

 

I thought I was being super sneaky until one day he mentioned he should research a pair of birding binoculars. 

 

I was silent for a moment (an unusual thing).

 

Then I said, “Maybe wait a little while on that . . . “ 

 

I paused again, trying to come up with an excuse, “because we don’t know how much of this we’ll still be doing after you’re vaccinated . . . "

Dan was also silent (not an unusual thing), but I could tell from his subtle grin he knew what was up.

 

Dan's birthday gift

 

Yeah, we'll reenter society just fine.

 

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