Friday, February 3, 2017

Good morning crew,

We did it again. The wife and I bought each other the exact same gift. We've done this before with watches and GPSs and games. This time it was wine.

Ever since our honeymoon the wife has been a bit obsessed with Hawaii. One of her favorite things to reminisce about was our impromptu visit to Maui Wine while we were driving the road to Hana. Our discovery of the place was completely accidental, but she was so tickled with it that she spent a small fortune to have a case of the stuff shipped across the ocean to us back home.

In the last month or so she has made some not so subtle references to Maui Wine, so being the attentive and observant husband that I am I went online and ordered a half dozen bottles to be delivered in time for her birthday which is coming up soon.

I thought myself particularly clever until earlier this week when we were in the kitchen making dinner together.

"I have an early surprise for us for Valentine's Day," she said.

"You bought a new furnace?" I asked.

"No. I was going to wait to tell you, but it's going to come to the house anyway. I order a half case of Maui Wine! It should be here any day."

I didn't have the heart to tell her that night, but the very next day the half case I ordered got delivered to the office, so I brought it home and knocked on the door.

When she came to open it I held the box up and said, "Happy birthday. I hope you're thirsty."

She actually got a pretty good laugh out of it. "Don't worry," she said, "it won't go to waste."

"I know it won't," I said. "But for what it cost to mail this stuff from Hawaii I hope you're not expecting anything else for your birthday."

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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