The Horrible Trip to Olive Garden “Happy Birthday, Mommy!” screamed my son into my ear, while jumping on my bed and waking me up. “Can you give me at least this day to sleep in?” I asked, while being a little annoyed as I opened my eyes looking around the room, with my gaze ended up looking straight into Tommy’s green eyes. “But it’s already 10 a.m., how long do you want to sleep? I cannot wait to eat our birthday breakfast that you promised yesterday” he asked as he turned around and left the room, shutting the door without waiting for my response. This is was the way all of my days started out including my birthday. Turning around and looking at the window I started to analyze that today I turned 27, more than one-fourth of my lifetime
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Julieta Kingston, I need you to sign right here for me” said the delivery guy in a lime green shirt with a lime green baseball hat. “Thank you” I said as I signed off on the clipboard. Closing the door, I inhaled and exhaled the fresh and sweet aroma of the 36 perfect red roses. I noticed an envelope with a birthday card in the middle of the bouquet. The card said “Happy Birthday Julieta my love, I want you to make this day special as possible for you, so I will take you out to dinner to Olive Garden tonight. Be ready by 6 p.m. Yours, David.” It was the sweetest message I received. Although, Olive Garden wouldn’t be my first choice restaurant for my birthday dinner but it was my husband’s favorite place to eat out. After making a birthday breakfast, which ended up being pancakes with honey syrup and cupcakes, I decided to spend the rest of the day making myself presentable for dinner. Since it would be a torture for little Tommy to go everywhere his mother needed to go, I dropped him off at his grandmother’s house. My first stop was the Bella La Viva Salon, where I spent more than a couple of hours getting my nails, hair and makeup done. Walking out of the salon, I felt fabulous. Now, all I needed to do is to find a perfect outfit, this can be a very challenging task of all, for most women like me. Especially, considering on how I hate shopping. By five o’clock I was ready, considering on how lucky I was that I found something to wear in
Julieta Kingston, I need you to sign right here for me” said the delivery guy in a lime green shirt with a lime green baseball hat. “Thank you” I said as I signed off on the clipboard. Closing the door, I inhaled and exhaled the fresh and sweet aroma of the 36 perfect red roses. I noticed an envelope with a birthday card in the middle of the bouquet. The card said “Happy Birthday Julieta my love, I want you to make this day special as possible for you, so I will take you out to dinner to Olive Garden tonight. Be ready by 6 p.m. Yours, David.” It was the sweetest message I received. Although, Olive Garden wouldn’t be my first choice restaurant for my birthday dinner but it was my husband’s favorite place to eat out. After making a birthday breakfast, which ended up being pancakes with honey syrup and cupcakes, I decided to spend the rest of the day making myself presentable for dinner. Since it would be a torture for little Tommy to go everywhere his mother needed to go, I dropped him off at his grandmother’s house. My first stop was the Bella La Viva Salon, where I spent more than a couple of hours getting my nails, hair and makeup done. Walking out of the salon, I felt fabulous. Now, all I needed to do is to find a perfect outfit, this can be a very challenging task of all, for most women like me. Especially, considering on how I hate shopping. By five o’clock I was ready, considering on how lucky I was that I found something to wear in