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The Goren's Big Blastin Hoochin First Wedding Anniversary Luau
Chapter one: Jimmy and Angie get down to business.
The Goren's First Anniversary Celebration … Jimmy Deak Style
It was late Saturday night heading into the wee hours of Sunday morning, July 12th 2009. I was thinking about Bobby and Alex … it's been almost a year now that I pronounced them husband and wife. That was one of the happiest and proudest days of my life. I place it right on the shelf with my own marriage to Angie and the birth of my two beautiful daughters. I really do. I mean … I'm the one that introduced them … I'm the one that convinced Alex to stay with him and I'm the one that Bobby always comes to when things go awry. He calls me his Rabbi … not like in the religious sense … in the cop sense. I call him, my friend. As a friend, I thought giving him and Alex a surprise first wedding anniversary party would be fun. I need to plan … that's why I'm up late … I'm planning.
"Jimmy, when are you coming to bed?"
"In a while. I've decided to give Bobby and Alex a surprise wedding anniversary party. You wanna help me plan it?"
Angie … my beautiful wife of twenty six years … smiled that gorgeous pearly white smile, came in to my study and sat on my lap.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea, but knowing Bobby, he has some Big Blastin Hoochin First Anniversary Goren Luau, already planned."
"Hoochin? Luau?"
"You know what I mean … he comes up with these crazy names and crazy themes."
"Okay … so what you're saying is … Bobby's theme for his first year of marriage to a woman that he worships … WORSHIPS … is, illegally distilled booze centered around an Hawaiian feast?"
She smacked me on the arm and tried to get up from my lap … to no avail. There maybe snow on the rooftop but there's still fire in the furnace. Party planning could wait till the morning. Bobby and Alex may still be the newlyweds, but Angie and I can still act like newlyweds.
As I carried her to our bedroom, I did realize that she was right on both counts … Bobby would never let this day go bye without a party of his own and he would most certainly name it.
It came to me at the most inopportune time … we were making love and right at that moment it came spilling out of my mouth.
"The Big Number One!"
"What!?"
"Sorry."
Without another beat, my Angie said and I quote, "I'd rather drink hooch than pee. Focus on one thing at a time, Jimmy … that fire in the furnace thing that you're always rambling on about, is really just embers."
So that's how we came up with the name … illegal hooch and a Hawaiian feast. Now I just have to convince Bobby that it's bad luck to throw a party on your first anniversary … I have a feeling that I can pull that off, after all, I am his Rabbi.
Jimmy will have Bobby tied up in knots over his up coming anniversary and Alex will search for the perfect gift for her husband in up coming chapters. Thanks for reading ... Judy