Long overdue post.... what a monday!

While for the last 3 months I’ve been stuck in front of the computer for at least 8 hours a day, I find myself not even touching the ‘BOX’ (and if I HAD to, it lasts only less than 10mins. A break from the internet feels like a gush of breeze from open seas. A breath of fresh air and a break from routine…

The week has flown by in a breeze and much has taken place. New milieu’s opening and new thoughts streaming through the channels of my mind, my feet venturing into open spaces and my senses experiencing new things. (That’s in a nutshell of things to come)

Rewinding back to start of the week... the 'M' day! Monday was quite a significant day as it was my darling's bday. Was cracking my head for the last few weeks for a bday pressie or something that’ll surprise him. Finally, I made up my mind (don’t ask me what, disclosure is confidential :) and then I thought of a plan to surprise him. To illustrate my next point, I really have to tell you what surprise actually means…

1. To encounter suddenly or unexpectedly; take or catch unawares.
2. To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated.

I had this simple plan with the above in mind. Finally… just finally I thought, I might be able to achieve a certain degree of astonishment this time around, for in the past, he has in numerous occasions (almost without fail) successfully blew my anticipations away and made me stand in shock / awe. Aha! Now it's my turn, I thought of every possible loophole, all except ONE! This was completely unintended, undetected and unsuspected. I had in mind to do something while he was outof the house, but little did I know that he was at home! I called his dad prior, made arrangements to come over and then as my car neared his house and swung the corner, there he was walking out of his house! In that instant I wished my car shrunk into a tiny morsel of stone and rolled away silently. I jammed the brakes and stared for at least 10 secs and I finally resorted driving up to him and said hi (rather let my presence be known than to zoom past like guilty child after breaking mommy’s priceless porcelain vase!). The next few minutes my heart dropped to the ground and I forced a smile in the midst of my flatten bubble. I shooed him away as quickly as I could, watching his car drive away, I sank in my seat and heaved a big sigh. I didn’t have a plan B, and immediately had to come up with one and execute it. But the thought of (what if) plan A succeeded still lingered in the air… At least birthday’s are not once in a lifetime sort of thing! Ah well, the bigger the surprise it, the greater the burst is when the plan backfires! (thankfully I attempted small this time)

Neways the aftermath of my fouled plan soon disappeared as the night rolled on along. Again things unexpected took place but this time it was the kind of unexpected that felt like droplets of dew upon the early dawn. Evening was beautiful to say the least and birthday’s are just mere occasions to celebrate one’s life and the things God has freely sown in those years gone by and the years to come. The real surprise of things unravelled in the most unexpected ways. To feel the wonder, astonishment, amazement of how God placed you in my life is a wonder on it's own. One I'm ever thankful for. But the finest truth and essence of birthdays is that He celebrates you (day after day) …

Zephaniah 3:17 “…He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”