Get a quote to ship the car, call WIC to see if the new formula is covered, fiqure out what school Alex is going to next year, where are we going to live, what am I going to wear Thursday? When am I going to get to go on a date??….yep these are just a few of the things on my mind right now. See, we are moving and soon!! In less then 3 weeks we will be on an airplane leaving the Hawaiian Islands…our home sweet home for the past 3 years. I think I can get it all done by then…but the feeling I have right now is slightly frantic. All I want to do is go to dinner with my husband…ALONE!!! Yeah…impossible!! But my wonderful neighbors have given us the gift of watching the kids for one evening…next week! I cant wait!! You see…as an Army Wife…one of the untold hard facts is that you are rarely ever close enough to drop the kids off with the Grandparents or with the In-Laws so you and your sweetie and get a little alone time and get renewed. But I have somehow gotten thru 3 years with very possibly only 5 evenings alone. I know some of my friends who go out once a month, or once every other week…not me…I’m more of a once a year type! But not by choice…by placement in the world. Still…my hubby and I relish our nights watching the late night news and the Letterman Show because the kids are asleep (most the time) and its just him and me…me and him….and the bassinet next to the bed as a reminder to not stay up too late. I’m watching my 2 year old daughter and thinking…I love that little girl but oh I wish I could leave her with Grandma for a weekend! Is that horrible of me?? I know we all need a break…but still I never want to think how nice it would be if they weren’t around….cause when they are at a rare babysitters…I miss them to death. So yes…the trials of being an Army Wife and Mommy include rare nights out on the town with your hubby….but I wouldn’t trade it and here is why….
I treasure the times alone with my hubby. I treasure the minutes of flirting with each other, even if it ends up going nowhere due to crying babies. I appreciate every second of an evening out..including when we get the frantic phone call from the guy watching our kids that one of the kids is puking everywhere cutting our good time short. Would I appreciate our time as much if I had it all the time? A night or an afternoon or anytime for that matter that I get alone, just me and my love, is such a wonderful treat….I am patiently waiting for our next second of “us time”.
