Teri at half a century

I'm sure you all know the story, but the whole reason this trip is happening is I really screwed up exactly 10 years ago.

Teri made it known to me that she wanted a party on her 40th birthday. Not only, did I not deliver on the party, I was out of town on the actual day, so she ended up spending the evening out with a couple of colleagues, one of which ended up as a thorn in her side for most of the next decade.

So, I promised I'd make it up to her and started a little savings plan that we called our 50th Birthday Party Fund. Every month $50 went into the pot and whenever a bonus or other extra money came our way, we'd throw in a little more. Needless to say, that little account prospered. Eventually we had to decide what to do with our 50th Birthday Party Fund and it has turned into the little adventure we're about to embark upon.

So while, we'll be celebrating Teri's 50th birthday (and mine too) on our last night aboard the Marjorie 2, her actual birthday is tomorrow (May 12th). I'll be right behind her as I'll turn 50 on August 26th.

So give Teri a thought tomorrow, and you can be thankful that I was a real screwup exactly 10 years ago.