Tonight I called Josh before I came home from work and asked him if we could go out for dinner. “And not somewhere normal, somewhere nice.” He said okay, even though he had band practice later in the evening.
So, we went to the Olive Garden. We didn’t dress up or anything…wait, Josh did change into a button-down shirt. And we went. The wait was like 30 minutes so we went for a fun walk across the street to Walgreens where we tried to figure out the difference between all the different kinds of lip balms and read the ingredients on the different kinds of cough drops. (We settled on good-old Carmex and the new Halls Fruit Breezers). We stopped at Game Stop on the way back where Josh played a demo of Double Dash (why? I don’t know!). Actually, we walked in and there was a small child (age 3 or 4?) “playing” the demo (actually just pushing buttons and staring at the monitor). Josh was disappointed and pretended to look at something nearby until her parents told her to leave. Then he jumped on the console so fast….
We sat outside of the Olive Garden and chatted until our buzzer thing went off. Then we had a nice meal and he even let me get some Bow Tie cheesecake to go.
Sometime during the evening I said, “When’s the last time we went on a date?” And he coudn’t remember either.
It was nice and I felt so much love.
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Wait… Josh had band practice? He’s in a band now?
I thought you guys went out to the movies and stuff fairly often, but if you can’t even remember your last date, maybe you should do it more!
Marriage is no excuse for a lack of romance. Or so I’m told…wait, what would I know? I’m certainly not married, and certifiabily not dating anyone. Yikes, I’m 22 and not even *in the market* for getting married. At this rate, I’ll be 28 and just thinking of looking for a wife.
Now where did I put that little black book…
It’s not that we’re not romantic or are letting the flame go out or anything. I’d venture to say that our marriage is stronger and more wonderful than it’s ever been. But, we’ve both been so crazy busy with work and with our church Jr. High program and web dev. And when we do have a bit of free time, I choose reading and Josh chooses Mario Kart.
Geez… when you put it THAT way it sounds so sad.
I’d better take you out more.
Heh, it’s always nice to get a different perspective on your life and how you’re living it.
Now, I know web developing is important and all, but you both don’t want to overload your free time too much (and no, this isn’t a ploy for more game time with Josh: I’m being serious): I know it tires you out, and there’s a TON of other things you could be doing as well.