the best news ever...

So next Wednesday is my birthday. Last year, Billy was practically living in Indianapolis and was gone for my birthday, so I spent the day tubing down a river with the kids and then spending the evening eating sushi with my girlfriends.

It was a fabulous-gluten-free-cake-kind-of-day.

This year, I've been trying to decide what fantastical things we could do together. Billy will have to work...so he is out, at least for the day-time adventures. And the kids and I are driving to Missouri on Thursday so it can't be anything too extreme... lots of driving the next day. So we are running through the options, trying to fit everything in and tie it up with a birthday ribbon... when Billy says "Well, we promised the kids we'd take them to Six Flags this summer with their reading coupons from school. Why don't we celebrate your birthday at home on Saturday and then on Wednesday, you can take the kids to Six Flags and be partway to Missouri when you start driving on Thursday?"

Just like that. He changed my birthday to Saturday.
I mean, this is amazing... we are crossing into an entirely different month and everything here.
Why didn't I know we could do this earlier?
I would have proclaimed it my birthday in the dredges of February when I could have used a pick me up... or in May during the end-of-school chaos when being a princess for a day would have saved me weeks of therapy.
But I am glad I didnt' know it earlier, because I'm not very good at self-control and I'm sure I would have spent my birthday long ago and had nothing to look forward to.

So there it is... my birthday is now Saturday.

Fabulous.

In other news... because there is always other news here in dicoccoville

...we ARE that interesting.

My mom got a call from the US Department of Defense last week Tuesday (the day before Sophia/Callie/Betty was born) inviting her to teach in a new school... in ITALY.

Because you know, why not?

And she and my dad said "YES"

... like you do when someone offers you a job in Italy.

and that is that. They are moving in a few weeks. I will give you more updates as I know them. For now, I know that if you are going to work for the Department of Defense, you have to be very good at filling out paperwork. Miles and miles of paperwork. ... and I know that the police department in Missouri only does fingerprinting by appointment on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.

Just in case you were curious.

No pictures today... blogger is being stubborn once again. Click over on flickr

... and did you know you can leave comments there too??

It is true. I wouldn't lie to you.

Talk to you soon... it's my birthday in two more days!

IN JULY !!