For the first time in my life, I wish my birthday wasn't so close to Valentine's Day.

I'm feeling so crushed right now.

The Marriage Ministry Team at church is having their annual retreat at the Coast on the weekend of February 10-12. They know my birthday is the 10th and they were planning something special for me.

But I just called my work today to ask for that Saturday off, and Delilah sounded anything but positive about it. She sounded kind of freaked out, actually. It's the Saturday before Valentine's Day, and Valentine's Day is the single busiest holiday of the year for a florist and all their crew. She said she would call the owner and check, but she doesn't think he'd allow that.

It's totally my fault. I'm the one that suggested the weekend of my birthday for the retreat, because I didn't have any other plans for my birthday and thought it would be fun to spend it with our friends on the Marriage Ministry Team.

Last year's retreat was such a wonderful experience for us--we got closer to God and closer to our friends on the team, too. To think of missing out on that is hard enough; the fact that they were starting to plan something special for my birthday is worse.

I'm more devastated that they were thinking of doing something special for me and now they won't be able to do that than I am that I will be working on my birthday weekend. Stephen will be especially upset. :(

I already e-mailed them and gave them the heads-up. I'm not expecting this to end well. I feel terrible. I hope the team can forgive me for not thinking more responsibly. I also kind of hope that my coworkers can forgive me for it, but I don't need them to like I need my friends to. I will let my coworkers know that this is my fault, though.

:(

-Stephanie

As expected, I will be needed on the 11th.

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