someone PLEASE tell me how to get rid of all the sickies in our home! rowan woke up this morning with a slight fever and the runniest nose ever. kenny came home from work sick. we wash our hands and use purell all day long. when will we be healthy again?
fortunately, we were healthy enough on saturday so the kids could stay with our friends nikki and brian while kenny and i could enjoy a romantic night out. kenny surprised me with reservations to a restaurant that we've been wanting to try for years now:
Sunnyledge. we both got dressed up (a sight that's rarely seen in our house anymore - neither of us had infant spit up or toddler food goo on our shoulders or in our hair), and built up a healthy appetite for our night on the town.
the Inn has a martini bar, so we got there early to have a drink at the bar before getting to our table. i had a chocolate covered cherry martini while kenny had his new favorite drink: scotch on the rocks. it was obviously a romantic valentine dinner for all the patrons in the dining room. except, perhaps, for the couple sitting next to us for the first half of dinner. i shouldn't have been surprised by the fact that the man was drinking a rolling rock in this swank martini bar and $50-a-bottle-of-wine restaurant. i shouldn't have been surprised because he had a mullet. but i was surprsed that while kenny and i chatted and whooped it up through our appetizer and dinner ("we're out for dinner! no kid menus here! i hope rowan went to bed easily for them. i hope sawyer isn't too fussy"), they sat and stared at the table. there was hardly a word spoken between them. i almost felt bad for them. almost. perhaps she finally told him she didn't like his hair and he refused to even entertain the idea of cutting it ("but i look so macho with the long wispies in the back of my neck!").
fortunately, despite their lack in conversation, kenny and i enjoyed our wonton shrimp and cream of asparagus soup. about an hour later, our entrees arrived. kenny ordered "surf and turf" which was shrimp and filet mignon. i ordered the tuna steak. when we used to go out for dinner, i would always get the better-tasting meal. kenny admitted to this: i had a knack for ordering the yummier meal. not this time. the surf and turf far surpassed the tuna steak in flavor and presentation. and i don't eat shrimp all that often (i think the last time i ate it was over a year ago, at kenny's aunt shirley's house in maryland), but the shrimp was succulunt.
after the mullet couple left, a younger couple filled their table. they were obviously much happier with each other and she kept eyeing a ring on her left ring finger. i leaned over to them and asked if they had just gotten engaged. they said they got engaged in august, but were still giddy with anticipation of their wedding this coming december. the best part of the night was when they told us that it looked as though we just met. kenny laughed and said, "nope. we have two kids at home. we rarely get out!" that was a surprise to them.
that means we don't look as old and haggard as we sometimes feel. like today. it was a long, sick-filled day with a toddler who whines because he doesn't feel well, and a whiny husband...just kidding! he's far from whiny. he actually just helped me clean up the kitchen, even though i'm sure he'd rather be curled up on the couch. and he brought me home flowers and new liqueur called sabra because it's orange-chocolate flavored and he knows that's my favorite flavor combo. definitely
not a whiny husband. definitely the best there is.
happy valentine's day, love!