Danny and Gracie spent last week visiting his family in Fogo Island. They flew out last Sunday and came home Friday morning. On Wednesday, Ella's babysitter asked if she could keep her overnight for a sleepover (something she also got to do with Gracie when Gracie was smaller). I didn't even hesitate, and I found myself facing something I haven't had in more than 2 years... a whole day and night without children (or a husband for that matter).
I immediately started planning my evening... should I just pick up a bottle of wine and really enjoy myself? Should I go to bed at 8:00 and just enjoy a nice, quiet, restful sleep?
I decided to go out to dinner and a movie with my sister, who is also currently husbandless and childless. We went to Pizza Delight, which by the way is the crappiest of restaurants, but the only restaurant in town unless you want something deep fried! We ordered, had a beer, and went to the movie to see The Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy! Hilarious!! It was a fantastic movie. I even laughed, out loud, three times. I'm not an out-loud laugher. Often Danny and I will be watching a show or a movie and he'll be roaring beside me and he looks over and I"m just smiling and he always says "what is wrong with you?" I have a very good sense of humour, I'm just not a laugh-out-loud-er. So, needless to say, this movie was funny.
Then I went home, went to bed, and slept all night without having to listen to farts, screams, moans, groans, or have my hair pulled by a rolling husband. It was fantastic. It was also only 9:30. I don't feel guilty.
So... this blog is awesomely short, and the moral of this story is every mother needs a night away from her kids. I'm already planning a weekend at a cabin in the fall. That's two nights. And all you mothers are invited. It's like therapy for the soul! We shall eat, and drink, and we can even talk about our kids and husbands, but we shall only be responsible for ourselves. And when we leave at the end of the weekend, we will feel fantabulous, and be much better mothers. So, who's in?!? :)
I immediately started planning my evening... should I just pick up a bottle of wine and really enjoy myself? Should I go to bed at 8:00 and just enjoy a nice, quiet, restful sleep?
I decided to go out to dinner and a movie with my sister, who is also currently husbandless and childless. We went to Pizza Delight, which by the way is the crappiest of restaurants, but the only restaurant in town unless you want something deep fried! We ordered, had a beer, and went to the movie to see The Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy! Hilarious!! It was a fantastic movie. I even laughed, out loud, three times. I'm not an out-loud laugher. Often Danny and I will be watching a show or a movie and he'll be roaring beside me and he looks over and I"m just smiling and he always says "what is wrong with you?" I have a very good sense of humour, I'm just not a laugh-out-loud-er. So, needless to say, this movie was funny.
Then I went home, went to bed, and slept all night without having to listen to farts, screams, moans, groans, or have my hair pulled by a rolling husband. It was fantastic. It was also only 9:30. I don't feel guilty.
So... this blog is awesomely short, and the moral of this story is every mother needs a night away from her kids. I'm already planning a weekend at a cabin in the fall. That's two nights. And all you mothers are invited. It's like therapy for the soul! We shall eat, and drink, and we can even talk about our kids and husbands, but we shall only be responsible for ourselves. And when we leave at the end of the weekend, we will feel fantabulous, and be much better mothers. So, who's in?!? :)
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