The top news of the day is that Michael and
I got to go on our first ‘real’ date to the city today!
That was a surprise for me that I found out
about while working the breakfast shift at the Inn; and it immediately helped
to finish reviving me after not getting much sleep last night. It also made the fall clean-up yard work much
easier; and I got a lot done before wrapping that up for the day when we
stopped for lunch at one o’clock. I ate
quickly; hit the shower; and got ready for my date with time to spare before
Michael came top pick me up in his parents’ minivan.
Rowen and Tim were going on the date with
us, but Tim drove his Corvette; and led the way out of town after we met up
with them at Rowen’s house. While I
haven’t even driven very much since getting my license, it was exciting to be
on our own for a trip to Crystal Springs for the first time! The boys were good, safe drivers all the way
there; and we began our adventure with some mall shopping time that included
picking up gifts that we’d need for the next month or so until we’ll be back
again for the Christmas shopping trip in early December. From there, we went out to an early dinner;
and then went to the movies.
We probably showed off our small town
background with our movie pick, and it would be at least mildly ironic too if
anyone there knew about us; but we still also enjoyed watching Miss Peregrine’s
Home for Peculiar Children. That was
fun, and has me wondering what Hollywood would do with our story; but we will
hopefully never find out the answer to that question! It was time to head home after that, but we
stopped for snacks and drinks to take with us on the way out of the city. One thing that isn’t as much fun about being
able to drive ourselves for these dates is that we don’t get to cuddle or nap
on the way home while someone else drives.
The trip home is definitely less-exciting; though I expect that we’ll
continue to enjoy these occasional date nights for quite a while – especially since
we won’t likely get to do them all that often.
I certainly don’t expect that we’ll be able to fit another one into our
schedules for the rest of this year when we already have something on the go
pretty much every weekend between now and New Year’s Day.
When we got home, Michael parked the
minivan at his house; we checked in with his mother because she’d stayed awake
until we were home safely; and then Michael came home with me for a minor
make-out session in the lounge before we were ready to say goodnight and he
went home again. I’ve had some computing
and family business work to do since then, but we have another big day ahead of
us; and I need to get some sleep to be ready for it. This really has been a great day; and a
first, driving ourselves date that I’ll thankfully be able to remember forever. Michael and I will be making up for the time
off today with extra work at the Inn tomorrow, but we’ll have a lot more fun
too.
I’ll save the why for that until the next
report, though, and really do need to get some sleep so I’ll be ready for the
second half of our weekend; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
