Our Staycation

Brady and I are officially home again! We celebrated his birthday well, and are now completely tuckered out.

My parents came over Saturday afternoon and Brady and I left for the city. We checked in to our hotel (eek!) and spent a good chunk of the afternoon and evening Christmas shopping. Yes, I know, its October. But we are ahead of the game and very happy about it. We got lots done, ate some quick supper, and eventually made it back to our hotel.

I should just tell you guys, we took advantage of a deal I’ve been anticipating for months! I booked us the couples staycation package. It scored us the executive king room, which overlooked the river, the bridge, etc., and the fall colours in all their glory. With that, we also got two movie passes along with popcorn and a drink, and a nice late checkout at 2:00pm the next day. It. Was. Perfect.

Now, if you’ve been trying to go to a movie recently and you’re anything like us, nothing looks interesting. I’ve looked a couple of other times in the last couple of months and I just don’t like anything. However, lucky for us, the movie “Stronger” was playing. It was based on the Boston marathon bombing, and I liked the actors in it. The showtimes looked reasonable, until the Friday before we left. When the showtimes rolled over, there was only a single time for this movie, and it was at 10:30. We are old and crotchety by that time of night, but we decided to go for it. And it was worth it! The movie wasn’t the best I’ve seen, and there was a scene or two that were pretty unnecessarily indecent, if you ask me, but all things considered, it was a good choice. It wasn’t as gruesome and gory as I expected it would be, which was a relief.

It was so fun to be out, intentionally dating, holding hands and making memories, but we were solidly tired when we got back to our hotel. We cuddled up in bed and watched Big Bang Theory. It was pretty perfect.

We slept in this morning, and killed some more time watching our show and eating treats. Eventually, we wandered out for our free breakfast in the restaurant. Brady had a meat lovers skillet and I had eggs benny. We grossly over ate and went back to our room to lay in food comas in our bed. Eventually, we surfaced and decided to hit the pool. We had time, and it was deserted, so we went and enjoyed a quiet swim and chat. It was good to actually talk without wrestling a child or having to shout “what?” over the din of them playing or fighting or just generally living. After our swim, we packed, grabbed a coffee, and came home to party at my parents place with them and my brother’s family. It was busy and happy and celebratory. We have good people here.

I LOVE our life with kids, but I also love Brady, and our marriage. This weekend was so great, and I think Brady would agree. Everyone needs a weekend like this.