We Had a Date

Mike and I finally had a date on Friday. We have had a $100 gift card to a local seafood restaurant for about a year, which my brother and his fiancé gave to us for throwing them a baby shower. Yes, it has taken us a year to have a date—sad but true. I not really comfortable leaving the kids when they were babies. Now that they are older, I feel better about it and hope that Mike and I will get back to having more couple time outside of the house. We need to do it to stay connected to each other.

So off to The Sole Propriator we went. I have crab cakes with asian coleslaw, mixed vegetable and rice pilaf and a skinny Mojoito to drink. Mike had the "Land and Sea" which was a steak, scallops and shrimp, mashed potatoes, and red onion "jam". We also had Shrimp Rangoon for an appetizer, super yum. When we were done it was only 7pm. I say to Mike,
we can't go home now, the kids won't even be asleep. So I suggested we head over to the dessert bar in town called "Sweet". And sweet it was. The desserts were good, but the atmosphere was a little weird. I don't think I woudl ever eat there again, but I would definately take out from their bakery.

By the time we were done here, we were both significantly "stuffed" and ready to roll home. It was after 8 and I was anxious to releave Nana from her babysitting duties.

And it is a good thing we planned our date when we did, because as stated in yesterday's post, he was off to another client this week and will be gone again next week. The back to back weeks kill me. I can handle a week at a time, but when they "pile up" I get thin. I can't complain, it is better to be working than not working and I am greatful that Mike is able to do this, but it is what it is and I'm tired. All I can do is the best I can.