In the midst of it all, Hubs and I had our Christmas date for the month of March. The theme for this month? I got him a gift certificate for Home Depot, with the promise that we could go for as long as he wanted and that I had to act interested yet not over opinionated over anything he wanted to look at. The in-laws babysat, we got Starbucks before hand, and we managed to hit two different Home Depots in order to hunt down some special lights we needed. But the best part came after.
We got to go on a dinner and a movie night for the first time in, literally, years. Yes, plural. We sat at a sushi bar, eating incredible grilled hamachi cheek and pretending we were in our early 20s again (i.e. did sake bombs). We sobered up during the movie, Friends with Kids (entertaining 1st half, then sads set in as we realized that eventually we will know people of our generation who get divorced, all wrapped up with a cheezy ending). The plus side? We got home at about 9:30pm! Couple that with the fact that we actually had beer on St. Patrick's Day, and we call that a win. Either way, for a little while, we felt like these crazy kids back in 2007, complete with the cocktail in the pic. [Fun fact for you San Franciscans -- I'm pretty sure this photo is from Bubble Lounge, back when it was cool and we lived in LA and just didn't know any better.]
We got to go on a dinner and a movie night for the first time in, literally, years. Yes, plural. We sat at a sushi bar, eating incredible grilled hamachi cheek and pretending we were in our early 20s again (i.e. did sake bombs). We sobered up during the movie, Friends with Kids (entertaining 1st half, then sads set in as we realized that eventually we will know people of our generation who get divorced, all wrapped up with a cheezy ending). The plus side? We got home at about 9:30pm! Couple that with the fact that we actually had beer on St. Patrick's Day, and we call that a win. Either way, for a little while, we felt like these crazy kids back in 2007, complete with the cocktail in the pic. [Fun fact for you San Franciscans -- I'm pretty sure this photo is from Bubble Lounge, back when it was cool and we lived in LA and just didn't know any better.]
Five years is not a long period of time, unless you think about how much has actually happened since then. A proposal, a cross-state move, a marriage, buying a home, having a baby, illness. The first real grey hairs and wrinkles have invaded these two kids. They drink less, travel less, sleep in never. But they also get to play every single day, sing and laugh more than ever, and work a lot harder. I'm proud of how far they've come, but I love when they get to resurface to play, if only for an evening.
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