Happy Birthday to Me

Most Women want jewelry…..

Don’t get me wrong, I like that too! But as most of you know, I REALLY like old cars. Here is my 2019 birthday story, I thought it would be fun to share.

That particular year I was having a few health issues and was having to have a nuclear stress test. For anyone that has had one, you know they can be a real pain in the backside. I was really anxious that day and I ask the Hubs if he could go with me…..he said “no” he had to work. I called my cousin BJ who usually always can be talked in to helping me (helped me move, helped me at the cemetery, helped me do whatever else I needed help with in my adventuresome life) but this time….he was busy buying cars in Beaumont.

I thought, well darn…..guess I am on my own. So off I went to The Woodlands that day for my test, alone.

But I did not know what was really happening behind the scenes with these two.

I did the test, it was AWFUL. I had a reaction and I could not get EITHER of them on the phone. I was trying really hard not to be pissy (like I can do sometimes) But life was as it was. I put on my big girl panties and I got it done, alone.

That was on Friday, the next week things were about normal. No one mentioned the test, no one. BJ did not call me much. He did call the hubs, and when he did their calls were kind encrypted calls. The next weekend rolls around all things roll along, didn’t hear from BJ much and husband didn’t say much either. Truthfully, I am wondering if the hubs and BJ maybe had a “falling out” or something and they are just not telling me. The husband has not had much to say either really but life is busy, but my birthday is coming and nothing has been mentioned of doing anything. I am feeling a tad bit shafted to be honest. But unlike me, I am keeping a lid on my “mouth”.

Then on Sunday, the husband came in and said, “hey, BJ needs you to help him sell a pallet of car parts on the internet”. Throw some clothes on and let’s go pick them up. Not, do you want too. Not, do you have time. Just, lets go get them. I have no clue what kind of parts, I have no clue on what condition they are in…..I am lost as a goose. And besides, he hasn’t mentioned BJ in a week and BJ has not called me about selling any car parts, but off we go. The Husband promised me they would be shrink wrapped and ready to go when we got there, and we could go get something to eat afterward. Oh, and about the parts……You will just have to mark the parts and take pictures and put them on Ebay. I am at this time, in the back of my mind thinking: “where were ya’ll on Friday when i was “dying” taking that darn test”. But i kept my “pie-hole” shut. I am also thinking “car parts, what kind of car parts, how will I know what the “sam-hill” those things are. When I ask the hubs this he says, “Oh don’t worry he says, we have manuals you can just research it and look them up”. REALLY !!!!!

As we pulled into my cousins house and garage, I see no pallet of parts on a trailer. Nothing is loaded and ready to go (as I was told it would be). All I see is a bunch of folks standing around talking. I look at the husband and ask “where are the flipping parts” and said “I don’t want to be here all day” and by this point I am not being that charming and nice either. But everyone is waving and happy as larks. So we get out of the truck and walk up to the garage…..this is where the “MAGIC” happened.

As I am rounding the corner to see my cousin and all his pallet of parts that I am suppose to sell on the internet, the car lift starts going down.

All I can hear is EVERYONE singing happy birthday.

All I can see is a HAPPY BIRTHDAY banner coming down and it is attached to the most gorgeous yellow 1973 Dodge Charger you have ever seen.

My birthday present has arrived and the story behind its journey is almost as priceless as this car. There is no doubt I am blown away, I had absolutely no idea that this was happening and I am as happy as any Birthday Girl can be !!!!

But like Paul Harvey says…….here is the rest of the story.

The day I took my stress test my husband and BJ had traveled to the far side of Dallas to pick up my car. They had not told me because they did not want me to worry while I was having my test. My husband had left the house dressed in his uniform and in his work truck, just like normal He had met my cousin and they were off on their birthday present journey. They had some pretty difficult negotiations with the seller; in fact the husband had actually driven away at one point. They had been looking for the “right” car for months (unbeknownst to me). The husband had even gotten BJ to pay for it out of his $$ because he said I “hawk” our accounts and would want to know where the money went. (which is true). Then BJ and his worker had detailed and worked on the car all week to make it perfect. The husband was by there everyday after work working on it too. I had NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. I was so totally in the dark.

But as you can tell from the pictures I was so surprised. I am so blessed that I am loved and that what I want really does matter. I cannot thank my “tribe” enough for pulling this off.

Happy Birthday 2019 to me !!!

RK, thanks for loving me and knowing me.

BJ, thanks for helping him pull this one off.

You guys got me GOOD !!!