This week, in addition to the Wii, we bought a portable GPS receiver. We’ve been talking about getting it for a while now but we couldn’t really figure a good time to buy it. This week, however, B hit the monumentally old age of 35. This is one of the cooler gizmos we have - it was fun driving home from the restaurant with it telling us exactly where to drive and watching the road as it turned in front of us - especially nice when it’s dark outside to be able to see exactly how the road goes. I was surprised that they had all the streets on base labeled, although it did send us to Anja’s friend’s house down the street instead of our own house. At any rate, it’s going to be so much fun exploring now that we don’t have to worry about spending half of our time out just trying to figure out where we’re going.

And the best part? To test out the system, I included a slip of paper in the box for B’s “real” birthday present (the GPS is not just for him) to take the GPS to Germany and drive from Frankfurt to Munich for Oktoberfest with a specific address as the end location - staying at his uncle’s house. Walter Bean, this rivals your position as Chief of Master Plans! I managed to successfully pull off this surprise without him having the slightest suspicion of ANYTHING, from making the flights to the car rental to contacting his mom in Iceland so she could contact his uncle in Germany to see if he’d be able to stay there - all hotels are booked for the longest time before Oktoberfest even starts.

I’m finally converting B to the Church of Geek!