Jay and I had a date night last night. It’s the
first time out alone in about 5 months. A new baby will do that to ya.
Anyway, after we dropped the kids off at the babysitter and got in the
car, Jay said that we weren’t allowed to talk about the kids, it was
just him and me. I thought that was a wonderful idea. But let’s face
it, when your kids are as small as ours are, they sort of encompass
your lives. So, we has a little trouble getting started. So, he came up
with another great idea. He said that from then on we were going to
pretend that it was our very first date. As if we were just meeting
that night. It was great. We talked about books, and movies and stuff.
Even though we know each other’s tastes in those things, we were
talking and asking questions as if we didn’t know. It was really
interesting and fun. And even after 4 1/2 years of marriage, because we
were doing this, I actually were got the “first-date jitters”. We went
way out of our way to this movie house called “The Bridge – Cinema de
lux”. It was a very cool place. And if you ask for the director’s
theater (they also have regular and IMAX), it’s $14, but they are
stadium seating with these wonderful huge leather seats, like first
class on an airplane. It was the first time that my knees didn’t start
to hurt during the movie, which they normally do – or my back for that
matter. After the movie (we saw Sweet Home Alabama), we went to the bar
(in the movie house), and had some great martinis (him, sour apple –
me, comopolitan), and chicken ceasar salads. It was actually great
portions, and the drinks weren’t watered down. We had such a wonderful
time, and got to reconnect, holding hands and making out a little and
everything 🙂 This was a really big deal for us, since one of us is
usually accessorized with a spit-up rag, spit-up, drool, and maybe
formula and anbesol in the mix, it was so nice to be dressed, and
romantic, and all that mushy stuff.
For once, I don’t feel stressed.
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