Daddy and I did something last night that we haven’t done in a LONG time. We went out on a “date!”
I know, after almost 15 years of marriage, it wouldn’t seem like that big of a deal, but we haven’t been able to have a real nighttime date in years. We have had a few quick dinner dates, but we always felt a rush to get home to check on Hannah with the nurses. I just never really felt comfortable leaving for long periods of time.
So my inlaws took Abby and Ethan for the night, and Daddy and I were going to do something fun and not worry about what time we came home. We decided to take advantage of living in Vegas and head out to the strip, have dinner, and do whatever else we came up with!
Problem #1. We are so used to having to eat early because of the kids, we left the house at 5 pm and headed out. That mean, a normal-with-kids 5:30 pm nice dinner. Our first clue that we were old is that there were not a lot of other people in the restaurant at Mandalay Bay!
Problem #2. We didn’t have a plan. So since we started out with such an early dinner, we were done and ready for action at 7:15 pm. We were thinking about catching a comedy show or hanging out in a bar and listen to music.
Problem #3. Nightlife entertainment, even just live music in bars, didn’t seem to start until 9 pm or so. We were WAY too early. We walked around Mandalay Bar, Luxor, and a couple of other hotels on that side of the strip and people watched.
We looked at what movies were playing, and we just didn’t find something we both wanted to see. So we headed home. Yep, our “stay out as late as you want” date ended at 9:30 pm. We crawled into bed, watched some TV, and Daddy was asleep by 10:30 pm (me later).
But it was wonderful waking up in the morning with no kids fighting with each other!
Even though we are a bit rusty and these date nights, we are definitely going to do it again, but we are going to plan things out better. Especially a normal ‘date night’ dinner time!
Just hope we can stay up late enough to do it!
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