This afternoon I had to stop by Publix to pick up something for Annis and I noticed the strangest happening. Grown me were walking around carrying armfuls of roses and boxes of candy. They didn’t seem to be going anywhere, but they were all in a hurry, like they were doing last minute shopping. Furthermore, there was a herd of panic stricken men (at least, that is the way they looked to me!) all gathered around the greeting card section. I looked more closely and saw that they were all looking for red cards and the stash was diminishing very quickly. I turned to go to the produce department and noticed that the stand where the flowers are usually located was completely empty–no balloons, nothing. Apparently, the lady who usually operates that department had gone home. As I moved over toward the toilet tissue department, I noticed several men walking around holding red balloons with white hearts, some had a dozen  or more tied to strings. None of them appeared to be gay or anything like that; in fact, some of them looked like the hulk. To tell you the truth, they looked kinda foolish. I made my way over to the candy aisle to pick up some M&Ms only to learn that the entire candy section was empty. It reminded me of the ammo section at Bass Pro a few months ago. I wondered if Obama had bought all the candy in his effort to keep everyone from getting fat. Then I sauntered over to the bakery department to pick up some muffins, and to my surprise, every muffin, cake, and pie was covered with red icing. I finally left completely bewildered. When I entered the parking lot I saw the most astonishing thing; grown men  trying to stuff all those balloons into either the back seat or the trunk of their cars. Several were trying to anchor them down in the back of their pickup trucks!

Will someone who is in the know, please tell my what is going on! Oh, I think I just figured it out: everyone is planning a big bash for my 72nd birthday, which happens to be tomorrow! Now, that is nice. I can hardly wait!