Dating Again

I feel really bad that it has been so long since I last posted.  The past few weeks have been a blur for me.  I have some stress to deal with, we have been busy with family and at work I never seem to find time in my day.  However, I love you so much and I know you deserve better.

The girls go home this weekend and our new city-mate will soon be finding his own way.  So that means we are going to start having time with just us again.  I love that time.  So because it is a "new year" (I missed that post too), I figured I would use this to tell you a few things I am looking forward to in our 2012.

For the first time we are going to have a proper Valentines date.  I can't really remember us ever doing that over the years. But this year it will be filled with a fancy dinner (one you get o dress up for - because I LOVE THAT), flowers, candy and maybe even a surprise "event".  It is kind of a shame that we haven't used the international day of romance to show the world how much we love each other.  So Chicago beware! The two most in love people in the world are hitting the streets on the night of love.  The city may never be the same.

I'd like to take a quick weekend trip together.  Not too far - we don't even have to fly.  Just a Friday / Saturday night trip to someplace that will pamper you properly.  Maybe a return to the American Club in Kohler.  Maybe we finally get to Mackinack Island.  Maybe a romantic B&B off the shores of Laek Michigan during blueberry season.  Who knows.  It might be a great idea to to tie it to our 23rd wedding anniversary (yup 23 years) in March or maybe we wait for better weather.  However, it will be just us.  It will be relaxing.  It will be romantic.  It will be memorable.

I am really enjoying this "going out Fridays" routine we have suddenly started.  So this year we are going to have to continue it as much as possible.  We might even be regulars at Pippins - maybe even known by name!  We have like a thousand bars we can hit, a million restaurants and hundreds of places to eat 4AM breakfast.  Then we can spend Saturday just recovering, relaxing and hanging out.

This summer I want to spend as many Sunday's at zoo's, parks and beaches as possible.  We have a world of places to have picnics (finally going to use that basket!), get some sun, have some ice cream (5 ingredients only worked huh?), a lemonade, an adult beverage...you name it.  We are going to take advantage of the city we have in front of us.

So there are the plans.  I didn't get much past summer, because we might not be int he city after that.  But that is what I would like to do.

All of these things have one thing in common.  We do them together.  Hand in hand.  Arm in arm.  A Kiss here and a hug there.  It is like we found the fountain of youth.  We get to live our younger dating lives all over again.  You were the best girlfriend ever in 1988, the best new bride in 1989 and the perfect wife and mother every subsequent year.  Now we get to start doing dating things again.  We get to make new memories, create new funny stories.  We get to start a new romance with each other, even though we are already hopelessly in love.

I can't wait.

You're the world to me.  I love you more than anything in the world.