my hubby recently celebrated his 38th birthday. as his gift, his dad and stepmom had all four boys at their house overnight, so that shawn and i could have an entire night to ourselves. we had grand plans to have dinner in san francisco and go out for drinks afterwards. umm, NOT. as soon as we dropped off the kids, we immediately decided, after acclimating to our new quiet surroundings, that it would be much more worthwhile to spend this glorious quiet time watching reruns and movies on the hotel tv...in peace. and that we did.
it was wonderful weekend spent as "husband and wife" and not as "dad and mom". in just 24 hours, we scarfed down scrumptious meals at four different restaurants. talk about over-indulging. i especially enjoyed having conversations with my husband. and not just conversations about schedules and kids and the usual things we talk about everyday. we actually talked and listened and responded...about anything and everything.
one of the things i fell in love with about shawn is his wealth of random knowledge. he knows a lot of things. and really random things. he talked about wine and the different kinds of grapes and where they all originated. we watched a movie and it made reference to a name and he knew that name as the prime minister of russia in 1984...or some crazy thing like that. {and, no. i don't think russia really has a prime minister...or do they?} we talked about cars. he told me that, back in the day, cougars were for men and mustangs were for women. and that the door handles on mustangs were made deeper to make room for a woman's nails. rannnndom, i tell you. he's older than me by almost 10 years, which is really not that much in the grand scheme of things, but he has lived a lot more life than i have and i love to hear his stories.
if there is one thing that we can work on with our relationship, it's making time for each other. we often get so absorbed in the hustle of daily life with four kids, that we don't put priority on each other. i'm grateful for the time we had to get reacquainted. and i'm grateful to my in-laws for giving us that opportunity. i always believed we had a pretty strong bond, but it certainly feels like we went home to our boys with a closer relationship and a stronger marriage.
happy 38th birthday, my love! here's to many, many, many more. we're going to grow old together, babe, and i love you more than you could ever know.
2 comments:
So sweet. Happy Birthday to your husband. I am so glad you two had that special time together.
this sounds like the PERFECT get away for a busy mama. I don't blame you for wanting to lay in a fancy hotel bed and watch trashy tv. And random bed chats...the best!
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