Family Friday - Anniversary Month

Yesterday was a fun day. I spent yesterday morning and early afternoon in various meetings, ran home to let the dog out, and then ran to a wedding rehearsal and then met Kari at the rehearsal dinner.

Oh yeah - it was our anniversary.

Depending on which side of the aisle you're on, I'm a (1) grossly negligent husband, (2) genius for allowing someone else to pay for my anniversary dinner.

The good thing is this: In my family, we celebrate anniversary and birthday month, not just a day. It works out pretty well - especially around birthdays.

Beginning June 19th, I get to claim "birthday month" for anything I want. That extends through August 19th, one month after my birthday. It's really fun when you are trying to decide where you want to eat for dinner:

Me: I'm feeling like pizza.
Kari: Gross.
Me: Birthday Month.
Kari: Crap.

Birthday Month is the super-trump-card my mom started when we were young that allows us to get our way whenever we want it. It's my favorite time of year.

So, I don't worry about the fact that someone else paid for our dinner last night and it was ultimately pretty unromantic. It's anniversary month - I'm sure Kari will get a nice dinner at some point... just as soon as she cooks it up.

I'd post more today, but I'm off to hit some golf balls. Don't I have a billion other things to do? Sure I do, but it's birthday month.