Day 347: Date Night vs. Snow Day Eve

[urkiddingright]

Well, crap on a poopy stick.  I was so excited about my date night tonight.  I was going to do it up old school.  I was gonna take my freshly saved $20 and drag Bill around a furniture store and pick out a new sofa, which will undoubtedly take me 15 - 18 months if completely lucky and styles haven't gone all "Architectural Living" on me, and share a Trenta hot chocolate and still have like $2 to put towards my housewife FSA.  (if you point out that was a run on sentence I will find you.)

However the God of Weather, or just plain ole God had different plans, in the example of oh, 5 inches of snow in 5 hours, starting at 4.  So date night turned into a 20 minute bath with the husband while the teen hung out on Facebook, the girls fought, and Gus carried around a lizard and refused to let the lizard see violence on TV because of the lizards age.  Did I mention my 20 minute date turned into a work discussion?  p.s. I don't work.

Shelbs and Gus spoke with Dad, after which I was provided a dissertation on how I could do better based on his 5 days a month vs my 25/26.  Smiled, ground teeth, accepted "sugestions" and didn't even use a single back-handed compliment along the lines of: So, didn't you tell me that his breaking his arm with you at the playground was a 'growth' experience?

With regards to Resolutions as to which I am sure you are sooooo impatient for...

Resolutions:

1. Work out for a minimum of 30 minutes Monday - Friday.   Actually did this one today, 60 minutes!  Take that Jan 17th resolutions!!!

2. Figure out what bills exist and figure out how much money Bill makes and actually pay them on-time.  Spent an hour on this, which was both fruitful and frustrating.  Mainly to Bill.  After my 9th phone call to him asking a question along the lines of "why do they charge interest if you make a payment" that my normally patient as a Saint husband said:  you called AGAIN...

3. Use the Trust money wisely.  Still waiting on an email from my husband...trust me, I will wear him down by Friday.

4. No drinking on a school night, which is mainly for budget reasons.  It was date night, he bought the alcohol.

5. Clean and organize the goddamn house.  Finished laundry, did dishes 3x, made dinner, grocery shopped, still no F'ing organizing.  But hell, it can't be that far off.....

6. Avoid CM Answers section like the plague that it is.  CHECK!!

7. Go to the dentist, I am terrified and haven't been in a few years.  Made an appointment, Feb 7th.  I will do my best NOT to reschedule.

8. Write everysingle day.  Yep, see.

Did I mention that tomorrow is a Snow Day?  They are still in front of me playing wii, inventing snacks, and using computers, DSi's and other implements of mental distraction.  I may pour /pout me another glass of wine.

Judge away....   :)

Till tomorrow.

p.s. for frame of reference, our date nights are usually at a wine bar and cost $60.  Tonight was a whopping 13.99.

p.p.s. Dude, trenta is code for supersize.  Starbucks can no longer pretend to not be the McDonalds of coffee...

[urkiddingright]

Jan. 19, 2011 at 11:29 PM

p.p.p.s:  Teen and Shelbs say this post is based on true story....  oh to be 18 and 9.

(Original Poster)

[mommyzgirlz3]

Jan. 20, 2011 at 12:33 AM

LOL I am so sorry your date night did not turn out the way you wanted, but I laugh about your description of your children, it reminds me of my three daughter who are usually camped out in front of the wii, or on facebook, with my 5 year old sitting either in the middle of my coffee table or one of my end tables commenting on what her sisters are doing or whining for her turn.. I am so happy though that my childrens schools are not to far away and they have not had a snow day in a very long time. so they will still have to go to school tomorrow..

[Lb128f]

Jan. 20, 2011 at 4:05 AM

LOL, cute! :-) Hope the next "Date Night' goes well....without SNOW!