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Wednesday brought about a very important anniversary for Steff and myself. As you may have already inferred from the title, it marked four years of being together, and let me tell you that they are four years that I wouldn't want to spend with anyone else.
I had been planning a bit of a surprise for that fateful day, but in the two days leading up to the momentous occasion I fell ill, and continued to be ill right through our special 4 year mark, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Two weeks ago, on one Monday morning, Steff and I happened to run into each other on my way to work and her way to uni. She was turning right at an intersection and I was turning left into the same street as her, so after turning into that street we both pulled over and got to say a nice good morning to each other. That inspired me to create a big romantic banner which I would wield in that same spot and surprise her on the way to work for our special four years day.
On Saturday I spent 45 minutes walking back and fourth throughout spotlight trying to decide what the best type of paint to use was, and then what colours to get. Finally I walked out of there with a bag full of material, paint and paint brushes and slid back into church where I was repairing the computer used for overheads. That computer took seven hours to fix on that Saturday, but as they say at the end of Thomas the Tank Engine, that's another story.
I spent the next couple of nights painting the banner, which I did largely through the use of stencils of letters I had printed out and then cut out. All in all this was a bit of a struggle though, because in Monday and Tuesday nights I was starting to get sick. I kept at it, and managed to get it finished on Tuesday night, ready for the big event the next day, however that night I found out from Sammy that the Uni class had been canceled, and that Steff now wouldn't be going in at all! I started to panic, because it seemed like my plan was ruined, but then I was reminded that Steff also had RE on Wednesdays, and after a quick phone call to Rachel, I learnt the times it operated and how Steff and Rachel got too and from the Primary School.
So I drove out at lunch time and parked my car on the side of the road five minutes before Steff was scheduled to finish RE. I stood at the back of my car, holding the banner folded up, waiting for the car to approach. It seemed like I was waiting for quite a long time, not least because of the constant churning of my sick stomach, but at last I saw Rachel's car and indeed almost missed it. Thankfully I pulled up the banner just in time and the rest, as they say, is history. I will say though that it took Steff quite by surprise.
Hopefully my friend Rachel, who was driving the car with Steff in it will write a bit about her impressions on her blog.
Song of the Day: Day of Fire - Reborn | Lyrics
I had been planning a bit of a surprise for that fateful day, but in the two days leading up to the momentous occasion I fell ill, and continued to be ill right through our special 4 year mark, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Two weeks ago, on one Monday morning, Steff and I happened to run into each other on my way to work and her way to uni. She was turning right at an intersection and I was turning left into the same street as her, so after turning into that street we both pulled over and got to say a nice good morning to each other. That inspired me to create a big romantic banner which I would wield in that same spot and surprise her on the way to work for our special four years day.
On Saturday I spent 45 minutes walking back and fourth throughout spotlight trying to decide what the best type of paint to use was, and then what colours to get. Finally I walked out of there with a bag full of material, paint and paint brushes and slid back into church where I was repairing the computer used for overheads. That computer took seven hours to fix on that Saturday, but as they say at the end of Thomas the Tank Engine, that's another story.
I spent the next couple of nights painting the banner, which I did largely through the use of stencils of letters I had printed out and then cut out. All in all this was a bit of a struggle though, because in Monday and Tuesday nights I was starting to get sick. I kept at it, and managed to get it finished on Tuesday night, ready for the big event the next day, however that night I found out from Sammy that the Uni class had been canceled, and that Steff now wouldn't be going in at all! I started to panic, because it seemed like my plan was ruined, but then I was reminded that Steff also had RE on Wednesdays, and after a quick phone call to Rachel, I learnt the times it operated and how Steff and Rachel got too and from the Primary School.
So I drove out at lunch time and parked my car on the side of the road five minutes before Steff was scheduled to finish RE. I stood at the back of my car, holding the banner folded up, waiting for the car to approach. It seemed like I was waiting for quite a long time, not least because of the constant churning of my sick stomach, but at last I saw Rachel's car and indeed almost missed it. Thankfully I pulled up the banner just in time and the rest, as they say, is history. I will say though that it took Steff quite by surprise.
Hopefully my friend Rachel, who was driving the car with Steff in it will write a bit about her impressions on her blog.
Song of the Day: Day of Fire - Reborn | Lyrics
posted by Stoz at 10:11 PM
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It wasn't "yesterday" but rather, Wednesday ;-)
Yes, quite surprised!
As that gives away, I originally started writing this post on Thursday ;-). I've corrected it now.
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Awesome work mate. i will blog about it when I get time!
That's a cool story 4 points to you.
what are these points?
Yay, congrats for Steff and Stoz! I thought I replied to this, but did you delete it???
In football you get 4 points when you win a match...hence i'm implying you win.
of course the points are a theorical construct and do not hold any practical value, i do not suggest presenting them to a petrol station for a discount.
you might get free petrol at the AFL petrol station but not apco unless you win the free fuel promotion but then you dont really need the points anyway.
Congrats to Steff and Stoz.
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