I am going on a date with my husband! To some of you this might not sound like a big deal, but to me, it is like winning the lottery! We have been married for nearly 16 years; we have 3 kids and NO LIFE! Which also equals no romance. A date at our house requires a lot of pre planning. Even though we have a teenager who could watch the younger ones, we still have to get every ones schedule aligned for it to happen.

Now, this is not an extravagant evening, just a movie…but, “Beggars can’t be Choosers!” I will take anything that doesn’t include the kids, or all of the stress of everyday life. I love our family time too, but tonight, it is all about mommy and daddy!  I don’t even care what we see! Just to be out of the house and alone for a few hours. I am even going to put on lipstick and maybe eye shadow. I will share my popcorn, try to talk in a grown up voice and have adult conversation. Are politics and gas prices good date talk? Or maybe Vacation Bible school, or the kids chore list…NOT! What did we talk about before the kids? I don’t even know if I know THAT couple anymore. They were so young, and naive! What would it be like to be at the age we are now and have all of that alone time? What do grown ups do, in public, alone? When you’re young, you are always doing young, fun things. Parties with friends, going out with friends, traveling with friends. Now you have to figure out how to be alone with someone you don’t know as well as you used to when you were young and focused on just them. I wasn’t kidding when I said this is a big deal! This is another thing I am trying to do to improve my life. It is time for me to focus on my husband again and remember that I was a wife before I was a mother. Hopefully this is the first of many “getting to know my husband again” nights.

So, I will blog about the date later. Well, if it is a good date, I will blog about it.  If it is a REALLY good date, then I won’t!

Love you hair, love your dress, hope you win!

jami