For me, date night has become an addiction. The more I get, the more I want. I look forward to it as if it were my next fix of sanity. Why is that? It's taken three years to organize a sitter and coordinate ours schedules so my hubby and I could actually go out somewhere and reconnect. At first it was just like we were dating--meeting at pubs and restaurants for drinks and wings, except we always ended up discussing our daughter. But over time we started talking about other things, laughing, making plans again. Really being together. I have come to simply enjoy being just me, just being with him.
Last night was a complete date: dinner and a movie. It's been three or four years since we've seen a movie together in the theater. We used to go all the time, and now I now realize how much I took for granted. It felt like the good ole' days again, well, with the exception of my huge belly and all that goes with that. With baby #2 on the way, I just hope that I can keep up with our regular date night; it really makes me feel like my own person again. And I really need that.
On a side note, we saw Land of the Lost. We're both fans of Will Ferrell, and while not all of his movies were worthy of four stars (Talladega Nights was like a root canal!), this one kept us both laughing and entertained. And don't worry if you've never seen the original television series, you'll enjoy this movie.
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