Date Night #2

So, tonight Eli and I had date night #2. All day we spent trying to figure out how to work it out to go see a matinee movie. (We also tried to arrange it last weekend so we could go). We didn't care what movie we were going to see, we just wanted to sit in a movie theatre together and zone out watching some overpriced, overdone flick in uncomfortable chairs. Just like we used to. But of course this time it had to be in the middle of the day because Ella still needs so much attention from mommy in the evening hours. So, after about 20 phone calls and arranging things, we decided to drop Ella off at her Aunt Joanna's new house (she moved in 2 days ago) so we could try to catch the 4:05 showing of "The Men Who Stare at Goats". Ella must have known we were trying to organize to get out to have some fun without her because she decided not to take naps today. So of course we were late getting over to her house. We had to make some stops first, and when we got there, there were some family members there that are in town visiting my folks that I haven't seen in about 16 years, give or take. That took a few minutes. We kept glancing at our watches, watching our chances to go see a movie slipping through our fingers. Not going to happen this weekend either we began realizing. But grasping for some opportunity to have some alone time without baby, we decided to slip out for an early dinner. We said our goodbye's, handed over Ella to her doting aunt and away we went, feeling just a little apprehensive due to the fact that Ella was running on about 45 minutes total nap time today after a pretty restless night. In case you are wondering, it is not easy to find a place to eat dinner at 4:45 on a Sunday evening in Asheville. We checked a few places and ended up at Papas and Beer on Tunnel Rd. Always a good choice. We had one adult beverage and just a little bit of adult conversation and were back to pick up our baby by 6 pm. We were informed that she was quite a good little girl, but of course as soon as she saw us she began crying, remembering she was tired and maybe just a little hungry for some "milkies". So, we still haven't gotten out to see a movie, but we did have a successful date albeit just a little bit early for dinner. I guess there is always next weekend....