Oh no, not this guy again!

Once again My Lovely Bride intends to abandon me for upwards of twenty-four hours!  

 I have been asked, to fill this space which you are so kind as to read but again without any financial remuneration from the usual author, whose work you usually find in this space.

She is spending the day with her sisters in a place named "Yellow Springs," which I understand is a real place somewhere around the City of Dayton, Ohio.  But as she has yet to show me, on an Ohio map, I have my doubts as to whether this is an actual town.

When I asked her what exactly this party of sisters intends to do in this mythological place, she replied, “Stuff.”  

To which I returned, “What kind of stuff?’ 

“You know, girl stuff.”  

You, dear reader may (Or may not) be surprised to learn that I was once a boy.  I do not know what this “Girl stuff” could possibly be.  When I tried to make My Lovely Bride aware of my concerns, she just turned to me, batted her kind, sweet eyes and said unto me, “Don’t you worry your pretty little head over it!”

More importantly, it was only through the kindness of a mutual relative that I was able to survive her last sister’s extravaganza!  How will I be expected to survive a similar trip?  When she asked me, what I will do for the time we spend apart.  I told her that I would just find a corner to roll myself in and cry until she would return unto me!

Of course, I had to travel through the five stages of grief:

1.     Denial:  I could not believe that My Lovely Bride would abandon me for 24 Hours.

2.     Anger:  I skipped this one.

3.     Bargaining:  I offered to go along with her, and be a “One of the Girls’ for the  trip.  I even offered to just sit in the trunk of the car and quietly read a book.  But she wasn’t interested in bargaining with me!

4.     Depression:  I think I’m going to skip this one.  But I will miss her.

5.     Acceptance:  I hope she has a wonderful time with her sisters.

You may ask yourself, as I did “What is the reason for this trip?” 

It is the occasion of My Lovely Bride’s 32^nd Birthday.  As I grow older by the second, my Sweetheart just keeps going along with a smile on her face and a song in her heart!  

 I am a truly fortunate guy to have married this doll.  I have enjoyed most every moment of our life-long journey together.

And I hope she will find good weather, warm companionship with her loving sisters and a day that she can look back at with great fondness.  

Enjoy your birthday.