A Welcomed Surprise

Have you ever looked back at a situation and thought, how did I not see that coming? I saw all of the signs, but just didn’t connect the dots.

Aaron and I decided to take this Monday off and head to Cork, Ireland for the weekend! I studied abroad there and haven’t been back since, so I am really excited to show him where I spent four months of college. We started the planning (my area of expertise, right?) and selected flights and hotel. We both had input, but he was insistent on booking the hotel and flights on his own. Strange, but okay.

Flash forward to one morning this week. As we are leaving for work, I walk by our second bedroom and notice the piece of paper that has our wireless name and password sitting on the dresser. Everything has a place in our house, and this was not in it's place. “Umm, Aaron, did you move the wireless info? Because I didn’t touch it and if you didn’t, then someone has been in our house!” He said that he had been fiddling with something the previous night and had left it there by accident. Strange, but okay.

That same morning, we headed out the door on our way to catch the bus. As we got to the end of our street, Aaron said he had to run back to the flat because he forgot his laptop. He never brings his laptop to work. I asked why he needed it and he said the IT guys had to work on it. Aaron said I should keep walking, but I ended up waiting as he ran back to get it. He returned with his laptop in hand. Strange, but okay.

I was also pretty sick that day, and as I was coming home on the tube, Aaron was texting me: “Are you okay? How do you feel? Should I come home right now? Where are you?” He was acting very weird and wanting to know how far away from our flat I was, but I just assumed it was because I was sick. Strange, but okay.

Aaron called right before I walked inside. He said to stay on the phone with him as I went in. I thought that was really weird until I walked in and saw that all of the lights were off and the door to our second bedroom was shut. At that point, I was extremely creeped out. As I walked up the stairs, Aaron kept saying, it's fine, don't worry, it's nothing bad. And then I walked into the living room and saw... my dad.

My dad in London surprising me and Aaron in on the plan. It all pieced together: my dad coming with us to Cork leading to Aaron booking the logistics; the wireless info on the dresser so that my dad would see it when he arrived; Aaron running back to our flat to place the key under our mat.

I should have seen the signs and connected the dots, but I'm really glad that I didn't : )