This was Lev's first Father's Day, and of course, it was pretty exciting. We celebrated the Saturday before because his sister, Tab, had a birthday on Father's Day Sunday and we wanted to be able to celebrate with her, for her 19th. We didn't have much money, but I really wanted it to be special, and memorable. I had just done a lot of babysitting for a family member to earn some money for his Father's Day gift, but ended up getting paid a lot less than I had expected. It turned out just fine though, because I had just enough.
I had spent all month looking for the perfect gift, but nothing really seemed right. Lev doesn't wear ties, he doesn't like wearing watches, he doesn't grill, he doesn't build model anything, and he definitly doesn't fish, golf, hunt, or play sports. He also doesn't watch sports. You might wonder what on Earth he DOES do, and basically he's a total geek. He does video games, he does hacking, fixing electronics, tinkering with things, buying and trading small handheld electronics, etc. All of which I have nothing to buy for. I didn't have enough to buy him any kind of electronic, and even if I had, there isn't anything he hasn't already had, and discarded as something he'd hacked and had it out with. (With the exception of things that JUST came out, and as you can imagine, that's just wayyyy out of my price range!) I didn't know anything about hacks, or software, so buying anything like that was out of the question, and I he already had all the tools he needed, being an electrician's assistant as a job, and a tinkerer at home, his tools were pretty much a priority, not a gift, per say.
Needless to say, this left me with very few options on what I could get him. Then it hit me, just a few weeks before, I had mentioned how badly I wanted to eat at Red Lobster, and Lev agreed it sounded really good, and started talking about how he'd only eaten there once, when he was eight, and was dying to go again. Then as a second part, I heard him a few days before, talking about how badly he wanted to go see Avenger's, but knew we didn't have the money and settled for being excited about renting once it came out.
My plan was pretty simple from there, to take Lev to Red Lobster for dinner, then to see the Avengers movie. And i would keep it a surprise! This failed the week before Father's Day, for two big reasons. When I got paid a lot less than expected, I looked up how expensive movies were in 3D. (Lev hasn't seen a 3D movie since he was about 8, either!) And of course, when you live with some one, it's a little harder to keep secrets. He found out, needless to say!
We were pretty excited anyways! We left just in time to catch a good wait time and waited a a bit before dinner. We got a really nice waiter, that I think was super nice because I'm so pregnant, and he was talking about his wife just having had their new baby. We ordered crab linguini and Lev got steak! It was all fantastic and we finished just in time to make the movie! We went to go see Avengers, at the expensive, fancy, downtown theatre, in 3D. It was a really good movie, and afterwards we drove home listening to old love songs and staring at each other all goofy-grinned. I love him so much.
On a side note:
Lev's mom got him a very nice button up shirt and new pants, and offered to let me give them to him Sunday, since we were now broke, and I still hadn't given him an actual gift. I declined, feeling embarrassed and guilty. Lev's mom gave them to him Father's Day-day, and Lev loved them. I went to take a shower to get ready to leave for his sisters birthday dinner, and he came in and got in with me, and asked me if something was wrong. I confessed that I felt guilty about not giving him an actual gift, and that his sweet mother had offered what she did. His face didn't change a bit- he was smiling at me, ear to ear. He said, "But you did". I said, "how so", assuming he'd mention the movie. He looked down at my belly for a minute, put his hands on the sides of it, and said, "You made me a father.". He kneeled down and kissed my belly and put his ear to it. If I hadn't already before, that would've been the moment I knew he was going to make the best father for my daughter.
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