I could do the usual "I love you and you are the best husband in the world!" type of blog in celebration of Sean's 30th birthday, but that's not very fun or interesting to read (or write), is it? Instead I thought I'd share with you a few little-known facts about the birthday boy with whom there is never a dull moment. Seriously.
-We have two bikes and two helmets. One helmet is bright blue and girly and one is gray and very cool-looking. The female bike is purple and the gears don't work well and the male bike is black and works great. Everyday, Sean rides the purple girly bike to work wearing the bright blue helmet so I don't have to.
-Speaking of being girly, for two years in China, Sean brought his morning coffee to class in a pastel blue very adorable Hello Kitty thermos every day. He also regularly donned fuzzy teddy bear slippers in his apartment as there were no carpet or rugs. This isn't that embarrassing though because in China, everything cutesy is cool even for manly men like Sean.
-At the hotel in Queenstown everyone adores him and he was recently made "Food and Beverage Safety Warden" which means that he gets to get paid to go to some first aid training classes. He later told me that he didn't really want to do it but agreed to it after thinking that "Sarah would want me to do this" and he's right! I'm totally jealous - I wish I could be the safety warden for housekeeping.
-He doesn't mind (too much) that for two nights every week our bedroom turns into a mini-school for people wanting to practice English or Spanish.
-One of Sean's favorite things to eat is Spam. We splurged and bought a can of it for his birthday. Though he doesn't have a big sweet tooth, he goes crazy for sour candy, butterfinger bars, peanut butter cups and starburst jelly beans.
-He's a clean freak and a planner. Though you might think I'm the one with the mad organizational skills since I love school so much this is, in fact, not the case. Sean's the one who keeps things organized and who does most of the trip planning and booking. It still continues to surprise me.
-When we bought one of our bikes used from the classifieds, it came with a lock locked on it and the seller didn't know the combination (suspicious, I know). Instead of just clipping off the lock and buying a new one (like I wanted to do), Sean sat down and worked on the combination until he got it. With about 1300 possibilities he was lucky that it was a low number and he got it in the first hundred or so tries.
-He spends most of his time thinking about/looking on the internet for what fun thing we should do tomorrow/next weekend/next month. He spends the rest of his time thinking about camping or hiking.
-He doesn't mind helping me chase my dreams as long as one day I will help him chase his. I only hope I can support him as much as he has supported me.
I don't really get it either.
Happy birthday Sean!
Awwwwww HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY DOYLE! One of my favorite memories of Doyle is dressing up in his basement as Peter Pan and chasing him and the boys around with a (fake) sword. They were dressed as pirates.
Or Or OR! Remember the pajama party, complete with footie pjs? Yeah. Good times!
Miss you guys, but love reading about your adventures!