A week full of surprises

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A few weeks ago, Robert took me to see “Beauty and the Beast” in 3D. Being the anti-Disney type, he wasn’t as excited about the date as I was. Yet, he knew my inner child was jumping at the chance to go, so he was sweet and took me anyway. To return the favor, I decided to do something nice for him every day for a week. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need a reason to be nice to my husband. Usually I’ll just surprise him with things I know he likes, but this time I wanted to really spoil him.

The hardest part was coming up with something to do every day. Money was tight since I hadn’t been paid and I get home way too late to cook anything special. While I started with a few ideas in mind, there were days I had no clue what to do. In the end, even if it was something small, I just wanted to show Robert that I cared and was thinking about him.

Day one: Hubby had to work early and I knew he didn’t get to sleep before 5am. To help get his day started, I went out to Starbucks and picked up his favorite drink. Minutes before his alarm went off, I put it on the nightstand with a note that read “I am so proud of you.”

Day two: Lately, Robert has been playing “Skyrim.” As the game is designed to provide 400 hours of playing time, it’s suggested you use the strategy guide. So my goal was to help him through his missions by reading the steps aloud. It didn’t work out that way, but I did sit down and watch him play. He seemed really enthusiastic when he was explaining all the different missions, so I can tell he enjoyed talking about it.

Day three: Hubby is getting a store key at work and on Tuesday he was learning how to open. Since I leave for work earlier then he does, I left a note for him that read “you’ll do great opening the store today.” Later that night, I bought him home one of his favorite snacks (a rice krispie treat).

Day four: If Robert doesn’t eat at dinner time, he’ll wait until 10pm or later to heat up his meal. As I’m always on the couch, he has this habit of asking me to warm up his dinner right as I’m falling asleep. If he doesn’t ask me before I lay down, he’s usually out of luck. Even though I was right on the verge of dreamland, when he got hungry that night, I went downstairs and fixed his meal. I even did a few drink runs for him throughout the evening. It wasn’t the biggest thing I did all week, but by fetching what he needed, he was able to relax on the couch and enjoy his night off.

Day five: Thursday didn’t go well because I had no idea what to do for him. The only thing I could come up with was pepperoni calzones for dinner and I didn’t even get to cook them. I did suggest them though, so I suppose that counts a little.

Day six: Since Friday was payday, I let him know I was going to pay one of his bills. I planned on actually paying it that day, but we ran into a few obstacles when I called the cable company. So in the end, my something nice was letting him know the bill was covered and wrestling with the cable company for him.

Day seven: We went out of town to see hubby’s nephew, and since he was hungry on the way, I paid for his Chick-Fil-A.

I want to try another week like this when I have the chance to cook or the time to plan some better surprises. This week I just jumped into it before I had the chance to think what I wanted to do; however, I know he enjoyed the sweet surprises because he even returned a little sweetness himself. Friday he bought me home a box of chocolates! I guess I’m not the only one who’s full of surprises, huh?

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