Date Night

I cut my husband's hair. Have for the past 15 years now. Ever since our honeymoon when I gave him his first haircut he may have had 1 or 2 cuts done other than by myself. I also have assumed the role of mani/pedicurist over the years. So when Zana essentially begged us to go out and get a particular babysitter for her and Zeth last week (thanks Chanta'l!), we decided it was time for an official date since it's been way too long. After conferring with some of my friends, I came up with a plan and kept it a suprise until we were at our destination since I wasn't sure what kind of resistance I'd meet and really didn't want him getting cold feet over my idea.

Just before we arrived at the nail salon I told him we were going to get pampering pedicures together. To my relief, he thought about it for a moment then decided to just go with the flow. He loves a good toe cleaning as much as anyone and I suppose was a bit curious about the whole spa culture. He took an immediate liking to it.

I couldn't be more pleased that I got a break from the task and he got a real professional buffing. He even opted for a clear varnish. Looks great!

As we were leaving, we noticed there were 2 other men (not together) both getting pedicures and it made Ram feel just a bit more normal again. But to solidify the deal at our next stop, he regained his masculinity over a rack-o-ribs, thick steak & potatoes at Ruby Tuesday's.

Yum!


Then we caught a 10pm showing of Jackie Chan & Jet Li's new movie, Forbidden Kingdom. Half way through the movie I was yawning and wondering why someone as young as I think I am felt so old and was just wishing I could crawl into bed and pass out. But it was fun to stay out late and reconnect with my husband, sans enfants for a change, even though we both missed them terribly the whole night. Looking back now, the pedicures made an ordinary dinner & movie date night into something exciting and new for both of us.