We had a happy, sad, strange kind of day for his first birthday.
Started out with a phone call from my wife (insert very upset), that she just noticed her SUV had been keyed down the passenger side. Thing is a stink'in jet black 04 Rendevouz ULTRA with a brand new "racing stripe" down the passenger side. She is a school teacher and this happened in the school parking lot. That really put a spin on the afternoon, and delayed the festivities meeting with the cop at the school to make a report, etc. Needless to say we were late getting food ready as guest arrived.
This is a bit complicated here. My brother's ex-wife's husband found out on Christmas eve he had lung cancer. We got the phone call while we were getting the food, etc. going that he had passed away. Our family is still close to the ex-wife, so she came over for a bit (very upset of cours). Very sad, heart breaking stuff. I had hoped we could keep that seperate from the party mostly because 99% of the guests don't know her, or the deceased.
Then Garrett was Mr. Bad-mood and had to let us all hear how well his lungs have developed over this last year! LOL!
Oh well, I am still thankful he made it a year (or we made a year) with him. Everyday is a blessing. Cars can get repainted, and we will need to spend some time mourning the loss of Dave. Maybe birthday #2 will be a blast!
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