date night gone bad..

it's been a while since Aaron and I have been out on a "real" date. last night we decided to go spur of the moment. We dropped off our oldest three at a friends' house and took the wee-babe with us to run a few errands and get a bite to eat. Our errands were quick. My husband tried to make them longer by talking to everyone in his sight-- the direct TV salesman who had the same name as his, the Walmart greeter, the receipt-highlighter checker at Sam's club.. Every time he stopped to chat, he stood uncomfortably close to them. I had a really hard time not laughing, especially when they'd inch away and Aaron would move in closer. When it was time to say goodbye he would tell each person to "take it easy". I was very surprised (and grateful) he didn't slap their butts. Both of us were singing the above titled Eagles's song before the night was over.

We had dinner at a little joint on the way home called 3 Tomatoes and a Mozzarella. Anyone been? Without going into details, we hated it. It's wasn't terribly busy, but we waited an hour for food. The ONLY time our waitress talked to us was while taking our order. We did not hear from her afterward and got no drink refills. Our food was not tasty or warm when brought to us. We had to ask someone else to bring us the check after drumming our fingernails on the table for 20 min. Sure, it was great to be at a restaurant with a handsome guy, but both of us left frustrated. After Aaron signed the bill, I grabbed it from him and wrote a note stating that our service & food was far from satisfactory. I handed it to the manager on the way out.

During our long wait for food, I pulled out the camera from the diaper bag and showed Aaron all the pictures of Simon's sticker face and Zack's wedgy-bum. (If he read my blog, I wouldn't have to tell him what's going on at the homefront...) After we picked up the kids, I realized that the camera was NOT in the diaper bag-- the only place it should have been. We called the restaurant and they claim they didn't have it. I'm pretty sure our waitress pocketed it after getting a bad review.. Hopefully it turns up somewhere. Lucky for me, if it doesn't show up, all the pictures that we had on the camera are downloaded onto my computer. Except for one that Aaron took of Simon and me at the restaurant. If I ever get it back, I will show you how gorgeous I looked.

After we put the kids to sleep, we cuddled up and watched one of Jane Austin's classics... Mansfield Park. I liked it (didn't LOVE it) but I loved that Aaron watched it with me. I also love cuddling when it doesn't have to lead to anything else. I am not saying whether it did or didn't lead to anything else, I'm saying I love it when it doesn't have to.

I also love when you can go on a date with a guy, laugh together, sing together, hate your waitress together and then come home to the same house and sleep in the same bed. So even though our date night wasn't ideal, it was perfect.

ps. Until I find my camera or buy a new one, the only pictures you're gonna get are ones like these: This is the movie cover for Mansfield Park. If you don't have anything better to do next weekend, check it out from the library and cuddle up. Fannie, the heroine, is very pretty-- but she has a large manly jaw. Edmund (on the far right) is way more handsomer in the movie.


pps. Danalin, the guy on the left reminds me of Tyler with long permy hair. Please don't take it as an insult. He had striking blue eyes and was cute (but he would be much cuter with a haircut.)

ppps. please pray that my camera will be found soon.