November 20, 2021 - Saturday


Man, it's been a full week since I posted last. By the dates listed on the title, it will look like a few days less, but I am writing these late. I'm not sure why I haven't been taking pictures or writing lately. I'm feeling uninspired, for sure...but that's not exactly new. 

Anyway, for the sake of the blog, it's Saturday. We got the kid's Christmas trees out today and Ollie is so excited about it. She'll just sit and stare at it for minutes at a time. She has also taken every single ornament off and deconstructed them. 😑 Not loving that part of it. Ben and I got to go on a date tonight too! I showered and did my hair AND makeup in preparation. I was feeling pretty snazzy! We went to Grandad's Pizza for dinner and the service was incredibly slow. After an hour, we still hadn't gotten all of our food...but we DID get a call from the babysitter, telling us that Ollie started crying and was inconsolable. We packed up all the food and got the check to leave, thinking we'd need to head right home. But we got a text saying she calmed down, so we continued on our date over to Home Depot! haha I know it does not sound exciting, but it was. We love shopping together and we spent lots of time looking for new Christmas lights and decorations and bought a bunch of new stuff for the house. We're really excited about it! 

It's funny how dates have changed for us over the years. Pre-kids, every date ended with plenty of drinks and staying up until the early hours of morning. Once we had kids, we still tried to hold onto those same parameters for a few years. We would go out to dinner or the movies and, if the kids were sleeping soundly, we'd finish off the night with drinks and staying up late. But now, we've let that go finally. We get home from our dates before bed time and end our nights at 10pm, after maybe ONE drink and a Netflix show. It doesn't carry that same thrill, for sure, but it's more comfortable and I feel way less pressured to make it super fun. I just love to be alone with the man I love for a few hours and that's good enough for me. 




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