For the last six weeks, my family and I had been planning a surprise 90th birthday party for our mom. We were all surprised when she told us she had never had a birthday party, and we wanted her to have one before it was too late. She was living with my sister and had mom helping with some of the cooking. She fabricated a story about catering her best friend’s birthday party and help mom helping her. My wife and I were getting the cake, and we were all going to meet at my brother’s house and surprise mom. We had over seventy-five guests invited, and everything set up when I realized my yard was soggy and it hadn’t rained in over a week. I immediately realized I had a sewer problem and I had to call the plumber. When I got on the phone, I told him I had an emergency sewer line repair. I had to have it done by 4 PM because I was having a surprise birthday party for my mom. By 3 PM, I was sure the plumber was going to be late. I called my sisters and brother and told them the party was delayed by a half hour because of sewer line repairs. My older sister asked if we wanted to waylay the guests to her house, but we didn’t have time. Some people were travelling an hour to the party, and we couldn’t change their plans mid-trip. It took the plumber a little more than an hour to fix the sewer line, but it was going to takemuch longer for the yard to dry up. We ended up having the party inside, which was better, because it soon started raining.