ONE OF MY WIFES FRIEND'S IS FIGHTING FROM STOMACH CANCER. 42 YRS OLD. HUGE BUMMER. HAPPILY MARRIED WITH 6 KIDS. HER HUSBAND IS VERY WEALTHY, (HE WORKS FOR ROGER STAUBACHS COMPANY IN DALLAS) THROWS HER THESE INSANE B-DAY PARTIES.
FOR HER 40TH HE BOUGHT HER AN ASTON MARTIN (100K) AND THREW THIS OFF THE WALL PARTY FOR WHICH HE FLEW OUT ALL HER FRIENDS AND SPOUSES, AND PUT THEM UP IN A 4 STAR HOTEL IN DALLAS.
ANYWAY, THIS YEAR, DUE TO HER ILLNESS, HE WENT ALL OUT AGAIN. SAME SET UP, PLUS THE B52's WERE THE BAND HE HIRED. SOME GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE WERE MARK CUBAN, OWNER OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS, AND ROGER STAUBACH.
THE BAND WAS A SURPISE. NONE OF THE GUESTS KNEW. I GUESS THERE ONE OF THE BIRTHDAY GIRLS FAV'S.
ANYWAY, I TOLD MY WIFE TO GO WITHOUT ME. MY BAND WAS GIGGING THAT WEEKEND. SO RIGHT BEFORE SHE LEAVES FOR THE AIRPORT I SAY TO HER JOKINGLY, IF THE SURPRISE BAND IS DAVID LEE ROTH OR VH, DON'T EVEN BOTHER COMING HOME.
SO THIS MORNING, MY WIFE GETS AN EMAIL FROM THE GIRL'S HUSBAND THANKING ALL WHO ATTENDED. AT THE END OF THE E MAIL IT SAYS, OH BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T SEE HIM, EDDIE VAN HALEN WAS AT THE PARTY THAT NIGHT. CONGRATS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO MET HIM, GOT AN AUTOGRAPH, A PICTURE, OR JUST TO CHAT.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.
ANYWAY, I THOUGHT YOU ALL WOULD ENJOY THE IRONY OF THE STORY.