Just when you think you have it all figured out...

I'd made all the arrangement. Reserved the item ahead of time and made arrangements for pick up and transport. I worked an extra gig last week to be sure I had the $ to handle the surprise I'd hope to reveal later today.

Well, when I revealed the surprise, I did not get the response I'd expected. In fact there was only a quiet and trying to be polite,"Oh, ok."

What? How is this possible? How could you not WANT this?

Maybe it's time to go back to the drawing board on surprises for my pre-teen boy, eh?

This is too disappointing for words, yet her I am typing away.

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Post update 11:00 pm Post bike shopping trip.

After all this, when he saw the shiny red Schwinn mountain bike, all his ambivalence melted away as he grinned, "Is this the one for ME!"

Yes sir, that is the one for you, my unpredictable fellow.

Sigh.

BTW, I got a new bike too as I haven't had one since I was about 14. (That was a long while ago.) I too have some anxiety about getting back on the road, but my son and I have made a pact to hit the road together. Schwinn and Schwinn and probably some road rage shins too.

Comments

Ian Eastman, M.A. said…

There mustn't be any surprises left in him after sailing camp!

1:05 PM GMT-5

Tara Lamont said…

After all this, when he saw the shiny red Schwinn mountain bike, all his ambivalence melted away as he grinned, "Is this the one for ME!"

Yes sir, that is the one for you, my unpredictable fellow.

Sigh.

11:35 PM GMT-5

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