Funny.... Kinda

So as a five year veteran of marriage, I've made enough blunders to date. This being our 5th anniversary, I was prepared a week early to make sure I was on time. I had small gift idea and checked the Internet to make sure of availability BUT never followed through as I thought I had time. Well as life will allow, I made it to this morning without a gift or card albeit with good intent to do so earlier. I made a deal and took E with me shopping as we needed some staples anyway to go get the gift idea I had a week earlier. The trip was fine but I was a bit distracted by the myriad of pleas to buy this and that and looking a dejected face as she understood that she wouldn't get any of it.

Trip successful on all accounts including the "Pony" ride on Sandy the 1 cent ride a Meijer. I was proud of E as she allowed me to leave a cent behind for some other little girl whose father didn't have one. She had a good feeling as well.

Now home, I dropped E in the lap of M and made a b-line for the office to complete a card I had been working on in my mind. Still a bit stressed over my lateness, I did a miscalculation in the Roman numbering system and added a year to my witty card design. I thought it was quite clever but as I was doing it, I had a sense that something was amiss.

M went for a quick errand so I finished wrapping her gift and set it on the table for her return. She was pleasantly happy with the card and the present (Mommywood, a book by Tori Spelling) and we set out to keep the kids entertained.

About 20 minutes after the giving, she popped her head out the back door to say something like she will pull this card out for reference next year as she had finally found the mistake that I felt was there somewhere. I had thought this out and went over it in my mind well enough to convince myself that the correct Roman numeral for five was VI. Oooooppsss! Anyway, we both chuckled about it and I am sure this will not by any stretch of the imagination be the last time for an unintended error, and that is a good thing because God knows, we / I need to laugh more and who better to laugh with than my Bride of V years.

Love you M