I'm the master of subterfuge

This week has been insanely busy, and in a number of ways I wondered if I'd ever get to today without some sort of bursting. My brain busting from too much work, or just general garden variety bursting with excitement about Tony's birthday surprise.

So I've been awake since about 3.30am thanks to some of our bogan neighbours who decided that is an excellent time of day to do some drunken man wrestling on the path outside out bedroom window. Yay!

SO once awake, I couldn't help but start thinking that Tony would awake soon-ish (5.30am), and then I could spring him with his surprise. So I lay there with a silly grin on my face, wriggling about and being restless till 5.30 came around.

Once it did, I told Tony he wasn't allowed to properly get out of bed till he opened another present. So I gave him a wrapped up flat package, which he ripped open. He had a confused look on his face when he was reading it. I think it was a combination of being sleepy and not with it yet, and not really understanding why I wrapped up an annual leave form. SO I couldn't stand it and shouted out 'You don't have to go back to work till the 13th March!'. Then a big smile spread across his face. It was however still tinged with confusion, and so I continued with my surprise plan and handed him the new small and flat present. He opened this one which contained the details of the place we are to stay at.

So all has now been revealed, Tony is pretty happy I think. He's gone back to sleep for a while now. I think the idea of staying bed to sleep in was far superior to a 6am bike ride in the pitch black and cold to work. :D

I'm so glad I managed to pull it off, he honestly had no idea.

Thanks to all those how let me organise 'fake' catch ups with them to throw him off the scent. Now I'm just hoping the apartment I have rented is as nice as the pictures look.

See you when we get back XX