I'm not starting off on a very good note as a blogger. It's been awhile since I've updated! I have no excuses, I've been doing absolutley nothing but yet, it seems like I've been going non-stop. How does that happen?! So let's do this thing!
I have been RELISHING in this little summer break I've had. Scorching heat or no, it has been so relaxing to be able to come home every night to my family and not have to crack a book. Ahhhh, true bliss. Last semester was killer on all of us so this has been a much needed break.
With all that being said, our little family has been able to catch up on stuff we weren't able to do while I was in school. Last Friday night was date night for Adam and I. It started off kinda rocky but ended up being one of the best we've had since we've been married. Here's how the day started out.........
Work has been super busy (yay!) which makes us all happy but in turn has been a little stressful. So I decide to get some errands taken care of at lunch. On my way to the bank I decide to stop off at CVS to grab a snack and a few other items. I head out to my super hot car (don't be fooled-I mean hot as in temperature) get in and try not to burn myself on the steering wheel. Turn the key...click, click, click. WHAT?! Why won't my car start? Oh God, did I forget to get the oil changed?!! Crap. Crap. Crap. At this point I call people from work to come get me and get ahold of my husband. It turns out that it's not all that bad but it totally cramped my style and mood for the day. I was so pumped and in such a great mood because it was date night day! Only to have my car poop on my parade.
From there we get my car home and decide to head to the movies since we had gift certificates. Everyone in Moore had the same idea because it.was. packed. Packed to the rafters. The two movies we were wanting to see were both sold out (in the balcony. is there any other way to see a movie???) so we ditched the movies. My mood was growing increasingly worse. I could feel what was supposed to be a romantic evening with my husband slipping from our fingers. Trying to grasp onto what we could salvage from the evening, we decide to go eat. Genghis Grill was the choice. I don't want to talk badly about the food or the restaurant itself. However, I WILL say that since it is essentially a "make your own food' type of place, I failed with epic proportions. The combo I chose was not good. We were warned though with the exact words being "if it's not good, it's your fault". Fair enough. They give you recipe cards to go from and I chose to wing it. It put my (lack of) culinary skills to the test and I failed. Now, I consider myself a pretty decent cook. As in, I can follow a recipe and add some creativity here and there. So this was a pretty harsh blow to my ego. Luckily, we had a great server who turned the evening around. Adam and I were once servers and can appreciate the value of a laid back, funny server. My mood (surprisingly) lightened despite the car debacle, packed like sardines movie theater & the not so good food courtesy of the not so good chef.
We decided to call it a night considering we're old and our options were pretty limited at that point. That was probably the best decision of the entire evening. We spent the rest of the evening just talking and enjoying each others company. It was so nice to be able to sit and talk to my husband without any interruption. It had been so long since we were able to do that. For the record, when we got home and there was complete and utter silence, I immediately wanted to go pick up Ryder. All of a sudden I missed him like he had been gone for days, not hours. After I quit hyperventilating, we headed out to the patio.
The sun had gone down and it was really nice. It was still warm but there was a nice breeze. It couldn't have turned out more perfectly. It was a great opputunity for us to reconnect and recharge.
Sunday we decided to take Ryder to the movies for the first time. He was so excited even though he had no idea what it was all about. He kept asking if the 'movie fever was going to pick him up". So cute! There is nothing that makes me happier than watching Ryder experience something for the first time. We went all out and got popcorn, pretzel with cheese, cokes ect.. and took our seats. He was glued to the screen from the moment we sat down. We saw Cars 2 and from what we saw of it, thought it was really good. We went into it with an open mind knowing we might not get to watch it all. Ryder is 3, almost 4, and has the attention span of a 3, almost 4, year old. So when Ryder picked up his large lemonade and spilled it all in his lap, we knew it was time to go. We got to watch maybe an hour and fifteen minutes of the movie but it was worth every minute to watch him experience that. I understand that some may be thinking "it's just a movie, what's the big deal?" Well, it really isn't a big deal. Until it's your own. The joy you see in your child when they get to experience something for the first time is indescribable and irreplaceable. There is nothing like seeing the excitement in your child and not get excited yourself. It's contagious and the thrill of my life as a mom.
In retrospect, I look at those two days and I think of how the weekend might have gone had it went according to plan. If Adam and I had actually gotten to see a movie, would we have spent the evening reconnecting? If we had gotten into the movies, we wouldn't have been able to take Ryder to the movies on Sunday. God took what we had planned, did a 360 with it and turned it into something more perfect than I ever could have planned. It's so funny how things work out when you are busy planning. What's the saying? "Life happens when you're busy making plans". Lesson learned.
Love,
The Mrs.
