The Romance is Still Alive
I missed my post yesterday because James and I took a couple of days off together. We had some much needed Mommy & Daddy time. Just me and him in a mini van ready for an adventure.
We started the big date on Sunday morning by going to Lowes and shopping for a new lawn mower. Nothing says romance like yard maintenance equipment. Then we looked for some screws because, well, we don’t have any and we didn’t have anything else pressing to do.
After that excitement and some lunch, we headed to downtown San Antonio to go to the Tower of the Americas. We had never been there and always wondered what was the big deal. It’s a staple of the San Antonio skyline and we often wonder, what’s really up there? It was interesting. A bird’s eye view of the whole city and some serious wind. When I say wind I mean my skirt flew up over my waist leaving me walking around the observation deck like a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. My efforts at modesty kind of go out the window when a dozen Korean tourists are taking pictures with my Spanx covered behind in the background. My hair will never be the same.
After that we walked around the city and had dinner in a great restaurant where they served tableside guacamole. Or as I like to call it, heaven on a chip. I wonder if James realized on our wedding day that what he was actually ending up with was a wife who would eventually have avocado all over her face while complaining that her feet hurt too much to walk back to the hotel. I’m like a real life Disney princess.
We did have a wonderful time. Sure we walked at a snail’s pace and had a bit of indigestion, but we laughed and saw the city we love from a new perspective and felt no pressure to be anywhere in particular.
On Monday morning we caught an early showing of the new Star Trek movie before heading home. Yes, we are those people. As we pulled up to the theater I was chattering on about something when he shouted, “STOP!” It turns out he was just reading aloud the word STOP that was painted on the ground of the parking lot. But I thought he was talking to me, wanting me to stop talking.
So I froze and stared at him, completely quiet. He gave me a puzzled look and said, “What?”
“You told me to stop,” I said, “So I stopped.”
He gulped, “You mean that would actually WORK?!”
Oh, the joys of a healthy marriage relationship. We needed that time together to laugh, be outside, have no agenda and let the wind blow through our hair.
“May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.” Proverbs 5:18
Love this! laughing!!! We just celebrated our 16th anniversary and I relate to the being together, just living and enjoying ordinary life and little jokes and laughs that the years of marriage and togetherness and getting to know each other more and more, bring. We went away for a couple days and it involved going to Lowes and to Atwoods~a farm supply store. Just being together-I love it.
The stop story so cracked me up because it sounds like something that could happen to us. Glad you had a great time!
I love this!! I am SO GLAD you had a great time!!
Love this! We celebrated our 14th anniversary on May 15th. I made him go to a store so I could pick up a new scale! Then when went on a dinner sunset cruise. Glad you had a great time!
My hubby and I have done this same thing for many many years. It took us a little while to get it through our heads that it was okay to leave our kids for some “Alone Time”, but once we figured it out… we take advantage as often as possible! LOL! We tell our children that we love them very much and love spending time with them. However, we were “us” before we were “all of us” and we need to take this time for our family to continue to be “all of us”. They will get it when they are married and start their own families, I’m sure. And we act like ole’ people trying to be teenagers again also!! hahahaha 😉
It took him all these years to figure out how to stop you! I’m glad my hubby doesn’t read your blog, or he may just realize I have a ‘stop’ button too 😉
So glad you had a great time. And here’s to your next quarter of a century together…:)
These are the best kind of days together – normal errands, doing something new and a night away -alone!
Did you like the new Star Trek? My daughter has seen it, and my husband and I are going soon! Can’t wait! We’re those people too!
Lovely! Partners that can laugh and be relaxed together make those marriages that last! 🙂
Oh my word! This made me laugh so hard! “Stop!” I wonder how many of our husbands wish that would work.=) I love SanAntonio. I’ve been twice. The first time was mid summer and I did a river cruise. The second time was right around New Years. I had my little family with me, it was freezing and the river was drained for it’s annual cleaning. We froze through the Alamo, and decided we needed to come back in warmer weather.=)
Sounds like a marvelously fun and romantic get-away!
I understand about the guacamole. On our weekly date night we often visit a favorite mexican restaurant and my sweet hubbie scrapes his portion off his plate and piles it onto mine. So nice to have someone love you that much.