Thursday, February 5, 2009

I Sense A Disturbance In The Force

Last weekend I flew home to NH for 2 days to surprise my Dear Old Dad on his 60th birthday. We didn't tell him he was having a party. We didn't even tell him that he was coming over to little sister's house for dinner Saturday Afternoon until Friday, so he wouldn't stew over it and start figuring things out. We thought we were doing really well at keeping the secret. Until Saturday morning.

DOD looks at my step-mom, NR, that morning and out of the blue says "You know, the only surprise the girls could pull off would be if LPF was there." NR managed to answer to the effect that none of us could have afforded that, how would I get away, blah blah blah. Outwardly calm, inside she's screaming "YOU TWIT! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FIGURED IT OUT!!" Hoping she diffused the situation, we continued with our plans.

Big Sis drove them over to the house, and when they arrived I handed my camera off to my cousin and hid around the corner where DOD couldn't see me. He comes in the house, and as he enters the living room he sees all the family gathered around. Then I came around the corner. His response? An emphatic "I KNEW IT!"



How did he know? He says he "just had a feeling."

2 comments:

jeff.w.mcclung said...

Now I've got "More Than A Feeling" stuck in my head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcsVPis1iNs

Tigger said...

Yup! Happens to us all the time here at our place. We're big fans of Babylon 5 and we're always telling each other to "stay outta my head". They say you've been together a long time when you start finishing each others' sentences. What does it mean when you actually start each others' sentences? {{Twilight Zone music}}