The Omness Family!

Just a note, I wrote this about a month after the event described below occurred, on a blog I had started why back then when I worked 3rd shift for one of the hotels and I was super bored. This was also one of the last posts on that blog... Evidently, blogging can be too boring at 3am. Who knew...


So, in June, I turned 22. *woot* Just kidding, it wasn't that exciting. But, bless my poor husband, he surprised me with a overnight trip up North. It was cute. We had a mini golfing activity, went out to dinner. We stayed at the cutest little Clarion Inn that used to be just a Mom and Pop type Hotel. Then, we went canoeing.
Well, we attempted to canoe. You see, when Damian first told me about this trip, I was less than thrilled. I don't really like outdoorsy stuff. But he had worked so hard and planned and made reservations, and was sooo disappointed in my reaction. So, i sucked it up, told him it just wasn't what I had expected, and we went canoeing. We packed a picnic lunch (that we thankfully left in the car for the canoe trip) and set off to find the canoe place. But, thanks to Google maps, we ended up at a Canoe Rental place about 45 minutes from the place we had intended (it had a similar name). Come to find out, this place was on the fastest inland river in Michigan (or Northern Michigan, or something). It had been raining, so the river was swollen. This place let 2 people that had never been canoeing take a canoe out on a day that they shouldn't have.
Long story short, it was horrible. It was a 3 mile route. suppose to take an hour. We fell out of the canoe about 20 minutes in. The water was about 55 degrees. The canoe kept on going. We pulled ourselves out of the river. Damian lost his flip flops. We had to walk the remaining length through the forest until we were picked up by some veteran canoers for the final 20 minutes or so. We had managed to find the canoe and pull it to safety, but didn't want to get back in and risk falling back in the river (that water was cold). We lost our $30 deposit because thy had to go and pick up the canoe. It sucked. But, I didn't complain. My legs were bleeding. I hurt. I was thirsty. I was hungry. But I did not complain. Because it was my gift. My loving husband tried so hard. And it was blowing up in his face. I felt bad for him. He was so proud of me for not complaining.
So, totally not what I expected for my birthday, and all in all it was a nice birthday, minus our impromptu hike. I think next year I'm going to insist on no surprises though!!