No... this is only the beginning, as they say. Recall dear reader that the ultra-top-secret code name for this initiative was exposed to the targe... I mean the star of the day at completion.
I spent a little effort coming up with the next name and for a moment, it was going to be Project Tourbillon for the mechanical watch complication, only to realize it might be too obvious again if exposed and not truly her favourite complication in a watch.
Her favourite complication, which I often forgot like a good husband should, is the moon phase. Some watches display the phase of the moon on their faces mechanically because... well... why wouldn't you want to know how the moon looks today??
Complication is my middle name so let's add a few layers and land on Project Gibbous. The phases of the moon have names and this year her birthday lands in the Waxing Gibbous phase. Let's drop the waxing part just cuz.
Next up venue... throughout this all one of the major COVID complications was a venue. My very first thought being a park gathering. We've been doing plenty of picnics with family and friends and it just feels safer.
I am not a risk-taker however and Vancouver weather is... random.
Patios were my next option and with Sonia's gardening bug, my go-to spot was Shaughnessy Restaurant that has a lovely COVERED patio. I inquired at another place on the North Shore but they didn't offer the space that I had seen previously and their private event space was basically indoors.
A few e-mails later and... back to square one. As I sent to the attendees in my e-mail: Ever get that confirmation that it's best to stick with your first answer to a problem/question? Yeah... that's where I'm at now.
Shaughnessy's COVID max for an event is 35, which I could work with, the headache more was around how to seat people, having families varying from 2 to 5. The park just seemed the best idea.
Families could set whatever distance they feel comfortable with, families could come and go as needed as well. It was just a better solution and I knew it from the get go... apart from the weather.
And here we are, rolling the dice for a park surprise!
Complication is my middle name so let's add a few layers and land on Project Gibbous. The phases of the moon have names and this year her birthday lands in the Waxing Gibbous phase. Let's drop the waxing part just cuz.
Next up venue... throughout this all one of the major COVID complications was a venue. My very first thought being a park gathering. We've been doing plenty of picnics with family and friends and it just feels safer.
I am not a risk-taker however and Vancouver weather is... random.
Patios were my next option and with Sonia's gardening bug, my go-to spot was Shaughnessy Restaurant that has a lovely COVERED patio. I inquired at another place on the North Shore but they didn't offer the space that I had seen previously and their private event space was basically indoors.
A few e-mails later and... back to square one. As I sent to the attendees in my e-mail: Ever get that confirmation that it's best to stick with your first answer to a problem/question? Yeah... that's where I'm at now.
Shaughnessy's COVID max for an event is 35, which I could work with, the headache more was around how to seat people, having families varying from 2 to 5. The park just seemed the best idea.
Families could set whatever distance they feel comfortable with, families could come and go as needed as well. It was just a better solution and I knew it from the get go... apart from the weather.
And here we are, rolling the dice for a park surprise!
Final communications go out under the new guise: Project Gibbous!
The little tidbits here and there that may be of interest:
- a week or two prior to this, we had a friend picnic at the same park I'm targeting and we saw a family set up a child's birthday party in the park. She noticed this and said "You can do that for my birthday". As per a previous post, this would immediately strike this option off my list LOL However, this is COVID, it's a new world, new requirements. I can adapt... I can adapt...
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