Café Les Deux Vents and Obsession
Written by The Lassie
The Lad really made my birthday extra special this year. The day itself did not start out too well for me, as I was feeling quite sad about being alone until the evening. Apparently, something or other was going on in the office that day, hence the Lad couldn’t get the day off. I really, really love it when we spend our special celebrations together, so this day’s feeling of loneliness added uncomfortably to the general feeling of depression and anxiety I’ve been experiencing lately .
Anyway, we got ready for the day and I dropped the Munchkin off at Kita as usual. Back at home, I settled down in front of the computer, took some birthday calls and messages and got a lovely E-Card from Cello_Mum *mwah*. I’d resigned myself to a day of vegging out on the couch, watching a movie or something, until I’d pick up our baby from Kita again, when the Lad suddenly called and told me to go to the car. He’d deposited a note there that instructed me to drive to IKEA and call him again from the main lobby area. Curious, I went on to drive to my designated destination.
When I called him from the store, the Lad directed me to a locker, gave me the combination of numbers I needed to open it and told me to follow the last instruction I would find. In the locker I found a present and a travel guide to Paris, in it a voucher for a breakfast at the Café Les Deux Vents. ‘Amelie’ lovers will probably recognize the name. Anyhoo, in yet another note I was told to drive back home. At that point, I half expected for the Lad to suddenly materialize from somewhere in the store, but alas, no such thing happened.
I went back home and entering the apartment, found myself in the Café Les Deux Vents. The Lad had invested a lot of time and effort into transforming our living room into this:
A breakfast in France *swoon*. I adore this man so much! Because of monetary restrictions, we have not been able to go out for a meal, go on a holiday or anything like that for a long while now. Even so, the Lad frequently manages to create a great atmosphere on days like this. True love, I tell ya!
A bit later in the day, we also had a bit of this:
What’s a birthday without a Chocolate Fudge Cake? After we had our cake, we went to pick up our baby together and all spent a marvelous day with beautiful weather in Berlin. Minus the initial feeling of depression, I had a really lovely 29th birthday! I’m thinking I’ll celebrate my 29th for the next 5-7 years or so.
In other news, my birthday money allowed me to feed my current obsession. It’s been a long while since a story captured my attention and I’ve resisted for the longest time before I finally succumbed to watching Twilight. Well, it’s only a few days later and I have all the books, the DVD and the Soundtrack in my possession. I am very terribly, incredibly drawn to the figure of Edward. And Bella, of course. Yes, their story. The love, the passion, the suffering, Rob Pattinson…Where was I? Yes, sorry. So I kinda like Twilight. Sort of. It’s more of a mild interest, really. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have got some reading to do (day three of owning the books, currently reading volume 3). Ahhh Edward, you are haunting me in my sleep.
