Surprise of a Lifetime

Surprise of a lifetime The sun was shining in brightly and violently onto our pale skin through the small crack of the curtain that was left partially open from the night before. As I slowly began to wake I realized a shadow standing off to the side of my bed, quickly I opened my eyes straining to see this figure through the incoming sun beams. The figure moved and I soon realized it was just my husband Cody as he came closer I let out a long sigh in relief, and giggled a little out loud. He sat on the side of our lumpy bed and smiled down at me, he began with saying good morning and then rushed me out of bed and we started towards the kitchen together hand in hand him with the same smile he woke me up with. Urgently we stopped, and I looked at him with confusion. Cody with the smile that never left his face started to talk and was rushing with excitement “I have booked a trip for us, a trip to New York; we leave in just one hour.” And with that I was at a loss for words. Cody and Have been married for six years and the entire time have dreamed and wanted to go to New York ever since I was a young girl playing between tall Lego buildings my brother would make, dreaming of the business and rushed lifestyle and of course the fascinating zoos that my parents had talked endlessly about. As all the images and dreams rushed to my mind I couldn’t help but noticing Cody’s excitement and admiration of me as I began to turn into a young child again, I pulled on him and the two of us made our way through the door with giant smiles plastered on each others face. As I sat in the passenger seat of our Mazda I was shocked to notice I haven’t even packed or asked him about it! I started to laugh out loud and turned and looked at my husband “Cody we have no clothes, we need to go back and pack!” he just looked at me “Sarah we have clothes look in the back seat I have already packed our luggage for our travel” as I looked back I noticed my face getting