St Patrick's Day Surprises.

These four night weeks at work are hard on me as well as my daughter. Wednesday she sent me off to work with her new snake, which I placed on a pencil in my home-made post-it note pen holder.
 
Yesterday on my drive home from work I stopped at a gas station for a pack of smokes. Since my adoring fiance is always asking me to pick him up a coffee in the morning [in which I respond "use the damn coffee maker at home" ] I decided to finally get him one. While checking out I saw a huge vase of green and white carnations and asked for one. Fionna was delighted when I gave it to her "you are the best mommy in the world!" And she literally held the small flower for an hour periodically smelling it. She told me she was going to make me a special surprise and give it to me when I wake up. So at 430pm when I woke up I went downstairs to find her hiding in her toy room behind her pretend kitchen. She seemed a little embarrassed over the gift she had behind her back but I eventually coaxed her out without peeking at my super special surprise. Half a dozen green and white carnations wrapped in purple tissue paper with a pretty straw bow. And a delightful card she made herself [with grammy's help with the words]





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On the left, in the red, is the three of us while she was a little baby. On the right is the three of us today. Very adorable. It is now hanging at my desk in my office at work. This has been the best St Patrick's Day in almost 10 years. My bad luck streak on Mar 17th each year has finally come to an end.

Only next year I am not letting my fiance grill the corned beef. For it was not meant to be.