Finally it has happened to me

Another random thoughts article, from my random thought-y mind. Last night I got to go out for dinner with my husband for the first time in almost a year. Maybe longer I don't remember. It's really been that long! It was our 4 year wedding anniversary on Thursday September 16 and every year since we started dating almost 10 years ago *yikes* we've been going to The Keg for our anniversary. This all started February 3 2002, as that was our first anniversary ever. Say it with me, awwwwwww. And since I love to ramble I'll share this little ditty. We started going to The Keg, as stated, in 2002. When we got married in 2006, we went to The Keg for our February anniversary but then had to wait ALLLLLL the way until September 16 2007 again. It was brutal.
Usually I order the BBQ chicken and ribs. It's so amazing and moist and....I'm getting hungry! We received some cash from my husband's mother for our anniversary and decided to put that towards dinner, and my husband said that if I liked I could get a lobster tail or crab legs. I was so excited as I'm never allowed to eat these foods because of the price. Plus I was excited to just go out for dinner in the first place.
WARNING: another ramble. My husband was constantly going to Alberta for work within his company starting August 2009, for only a week at a time, and we didn't get much time together. I wanted to go out for dinner but we just couldn't afford it. I was already pregnant, starting end of June 2009, literally immediately after I returned home from an almost 3 week trip to Ontario to visit family with my 9 month old son (now 2). My pregnancy continued, our dinners out drought continued. My husband went away to Alberta for an undecided amount of time while I was 9 months pregnant with our 2nd son and I told him, when you get back we are going on a date before this baby comes. Finally, after 1 whole month of him being gone, his flight was scheduled for March 20 2010. He left February 21 2010. My c-section was scheduled for March 26 2010. We planned on going out for dinner and possibly a movie, having 1 whole week together to mentally prepare for our arrival and just get a few little things done around the house. March 20, 2010, 7:30am, my water broke. My husband was still in Alberta. We didn't get our dinner.
Since my youngest, 6 months old tomorrow, is breast-fed, we haven't been able to leave him for substantial amounts of time. Now that he is getting a little older he is easier to leave for about 4 hours at a time. And since it was our anniversary, we planned this dinner for a very very VERY long time. My husband was perfectly okay with going on Thursday evening, however his work schedule is so up in the air I didn't want the added stress of him not being home in time for us to go and just enjoy our meal. I changed our dinner to September 18, Saturday. In a way I felt bad going for dinner that night as it was my sister's 30th birthday as well because I felt like my dinner was overshadowing her birthday in my mind. I tried to reassure myself that I was the only person that wouldn't think that was silly.
Anyways, my Mom came over around 6pm and we went to The Keg for dinner as my mother shooed us out of the house so she could have some alone time with the boys. We waited for a long time to get our table, almost an hour, which in a way irks me because we only go once a year so I think we should be allowed some VIP status. However, maybe that's the reason we don't get VIP......we're not regulars. Not in any way, shape or form. We got a seat at the bar first, where we mulled over what to get. I was looking at the martinis, the margaritas, then IT caught my eye. "MOJITO" I almost yelled at the bartender. Sprite though, no club soda. Yuck. It was soooo amazing. I drank it on an empty stomach, not smart, but did pretty well. I explained to the bartender that I became addicted to virgin mojito's during my first pregnancy so he asked me a few times how I liked it. Perfect, was my response. And I wasn't lying.
We were seated after some time at the bar in a great little corner seat. I used to not be such an introvert but I think my husband has rubbed off on me as I've become quite claustrophobic over the years. We loved our seat, it was perfect. For us, for our evening. I ordered a glass of white zinfandel and we waited with great excitement over our warm quartered bread and butter. Yes, we do need to get out more. After mulling over the menu a little, which we had already done at home, Ken ordered the chicken with roasted red pepper sauce and I ordered the creole chicken. The creole chicken had scallops and shrimp on it, satisfying my appetite for some seafood. I just couldn't order the lobster. It was $30+!!! I can't justify paying that much. We decided to order some alcohol instead of seafood and I'm quite happy with the substitution. After dinner we phoned my mother who said everything was fine and then we headed to the casino. We dropped $5 each on roulette, poker, and random slots. We lost it all but that's okay. We did win a few times but then just kept playing. It was fun and that was the point.
So, I can finally say I had my dinner out and it was a success. No more babies until I get at least one more dinner out.