Thank you, Anonymous

As I explained in my Monday post, this week has been a little cray cray.  Moving is tough no matter how prepared you are for it!  Add in weird work hours (I got in at 6 this morning!!) and finishing up final projects for school and you have a recipe for disaster.  I'm sorry that I haven't posted since Monday my dears.  Next week will be better because I'll be all settled :D  Finally.

But this is necessary.  I feel the need to say Thank You, to someone I don't even know.

Yes I must say thank you with giraffes.  Duh.

Last night, my boyfriend called me up after he got off of work late (6:30ish) and said he wanted to surprise me and take me out to a nice dinner.  How sweet of my beebs!!  So I got all dressed up, and we headed over to one of our fave oyster bars in Va Beach- Chick's Oyster Bar.  BTW, they have the BEST blackened  mahi tacos ever.  And a delicious mango vodka drink called a mango crush.  I would highly recommend.  We had to be careful because Craig was in his whites from work!  I'm such a messy eater...

Anyway, we were having a great time, and dinner came to an end.  Craig gave the waitress his card to pay.  About 5 minutes later she came back and said "Someone paid for your meal to thank you for your service to this country".  

It. Blew. My. Mind. 

I have never experienced such kindness first hand.  As far as I was concerned, such a random act of kindness was relegated to blogs I read from afar.  I've never experienced such a big RAK.  I know it wasn't just for me, it was for my amazing boyfriend, but I was a part of the experience.  I've never been so proud of him, or of people who appreciate the service members of this country.  Especially in light of the horrible acts in Boston earlier this week (keep them in your prayers), it really restored my faith in humanity.  The fact that someone we don't even know would pay for our dinner because my boyfriend was wearing his uniform is crazy to me.  Crazy in a good way.  But crazy nonetheless.  It makes me so happy that someone appreciates what he does for our country enough to do that for him,when they don't even know him.  

We asked who was kind enough to pay for our meal to thank them personally, but apparently they wished to remain anonymous.  We told the waitress many times to thank whoever did this for us, and she said she would, but I thought I would put it out there.  Thank you, whoever paid for our meal and made my boyfriend proud to be a service member and proud of our country, from the bottom of my heart.  We both really appreciate it, and you really made our night.  You've also inspired me to start doing more random acts of kindness.  I can't imagine the great feeling you get from doing something like that for someone else.  I guess I'll have to try it :)

Have you ever done or experienced any random acts of kindness that just make you stop and appreciate life, and the people around you?  I can tell you that experiencing it really makes your day.  I can't wait to pay it forward!

Whoever you are, thank you again.

~K