Date Night

We almost never had "date nights" when the kids were growing up. It was lack of money, energy, time and/or babysitter. Lar went to night school for about nine years to graduate from college...and during the early years he worked night work a lot too. With one income - and not a great one since he was the classic American work-your-way-up man - started as a mailboy and worked his way up the corporate ladder to Corporate Staff - was a talking point for the company to show how you can do it. But his salary never caught up.
Anyway, now "date nights" are a common event. We do it a lot. We do dinner, movies, lunches even. But mostly, the magic is still there after 47+ years. Most of the time we step away from everything stressful in our lives and step out into a place where we have lots to talk about, mostly it's all positive, all happy. We laugh a lot. We find out things, some new, some not so new we love about each other. I think it might have been good that we waited so many years to be able to do this.
On Thursday night we had a quick salad and went to see Inception. One of the special things I love about my man is that he will go see almost any movie. "Chick flicks" do not dismay him. He loves them. Inception was Not a Chick flick in the traditional manner, yet, in some ways it really was. It was an action film with lots of Chicky type feeling...we both loved it. And the special effects! Wow!
On Friday he drove over to pick me up from work for lunch, and we had a lovely, almost outdoor lunch at Pat's. They have this entire front that opens out onto a patio...we sat inside looking out, and it was terrific. And at the next table were four kids from highschool who had been practicing football and were there for lunch too. It felt right having them there, almost with us....brought back such memories. That night he decided we should go out for dinner too. We went to Nunzio's, a restaurant we love but haven't visited in a long time. I perused the menu and actually couldn't find anything that tempted me so I spoke with the waiter and they made special for me angel hair with broccoli raab....OMG! It was amazing! A glass or two of red wine and the evening was perfect.
Date nights are so good....even if they took a long time to get here. I cherish every one of them. Thanks Lar.