Marshall's Birthday

The hardest part about working on a show is finding the time to celebrate important events properly like birthdays and anniversaries. When I was due with Nolan, Marshall was scheduled to be working in Charleston, SC on the TV show Army Wives and it caused him a lot of unrest. I think his biggest fear was missing the birth. Even though he planned on being home a few days before the actual due date, and being able to leave and drive home the moment I thought I was going into labor, as we learned you just can predict what is going to happen. Never in a millions years though did I think I would be calling my husband at 1am to tell him he needed to come home because our son had died. Today was Marshall's birthday and I of course had to spend the entire day at work. We had a slightly later call time than yesterday, so I knew the odds of me being able to celebrate Marshall's birthday at all with him today was going to be hard. So, we celebrated with cake last night and our nephew Robi agreed to make dinner for us tonight.

Even though we spent the day working on stage, we still went later than I had thought. By the time I got home, Robi was nearly done cooking a somewhat late dinner. Marshall had unfortunately spent his entire birthday also working - working on our rental house. The only upside to his birthday as the fact that he was in Charlotte with me and so we could actually spend some time together. Fortunately, he will also be here this weekend so that I can take him shopping and get him a birthday present. Despite, the late dinner and limited time to spend together it was still nice to be able to wish my husband a happy birthday in person on his big day. It was also extremely nice to come home to a home cooked meal ready for me. Maybe I will keep my nephew Robi around a little longer!