The Weekend

ODD and I were married around Christmastime. It was between semesters which was good for us as students but now that we’re out of school it’s kind of an inconvenient time to celebrate an anniversary. With everything that’s going on between Thanksgiving and Christmas it becomes just one more thing to cram into a time of year that’s busy, both at work (everyone wants to schedule their surgery at the end of the year when deductibles have been met) and with family and friends. Because of this, ODD and I have decided to celebrate our anniversary in January. It makes things a little more calm and relaxing for everyone involved, I think. With that in mind, ODD and I celebrated our anniversary this last weekend, about a month past the actual date.

The day before we celebrated I was telling the kids what the plan was and how fun it would be to play with Grandma and Grandpa. Peanut asked where ODD and I would be. I explained we were going to stay someplace special that night to celebrate being married for nine years. Then Peanut said “Nine years! Is that faster than a race car?” Hmm. Not sure how to respond to that. I had a good laugh about it, though.

ODD worked in the morning on Friday while the kids and I cleaned up the house and got ready to go. When he got home we packed up the car and hit the road. We took the kids to my parents’ house, visited for a minute, then kissed them goodbye for the day. We had ended up in Tiny Town earlier than anticipated so ODD suggested we go bowling. ODD took Peanut bowling last weekend while I took Wingnut to a birthday party. They had a lot of fun last week so ODD thought it would be fun for us to go. We haven’t been bowling in years and the last time didn’t go so well, if we’re being honest. This time was much happier and we had a fun time with lots of laughing at my inability to bowl well. I think my final score was something around 77. ODD had a pretty good game, though.

The guys at the counter chuckled when I requested a size 5 shoe.

After our game we headed to a restaurant for dinner. It was a place we hadn’t been before but had heard was good and we weren’t disappointed. For appetizers ODD ordered some chicken tenders and I had some chips with a monteray jack and blue cheese dip. Both were awesome. And filling. We both had a chop salad after that and were stuffed by the time they brought out our entrees, short ribs and an Oscar style New York strip steak, both with mashed potatoes. Neither of us could eat much of our main dishes so we boxed them up and had them for lunch the next day and enjoyed them just as much as the day before.

We then rolled ourselves out the door and to a local Inn. We had a nice, relaxing stay there without the interruptions of poopy diapers, whining, or pestering. It was lovely.

The next morning we had warm cinnamon rolls, parfaits, and juice for breakfast. Mmmm. After hanging out for the rest of the morning we headed back to pick up the kidlets. They were happy to see us and we got to hear some of the funny things they did while we were gone. Apparently Peanut pretended to be asleep in my mom and dad’s room for a little, then after my mom left she got up and started playing on my dad’s computer which was open and running a Carbonite back-up. My mom came in when she heard some tapping on the keyboard and found Peanut had somehow opened a paint program and was “painting a picture for Grandpa!” She does want to be an artist. Maybe she’ll get into graphic design someday.