Wishing For Daisy Halos - A Night Out

Chris took me out tonight. It was so nice, hired a real babysitter (none of those fake kind), got dressed up. He even shaved his nasty oil-rig scruff off. thank goodness-- he has a face again.

we went to dinner, which, without children, felt orgasmic. Seriously, BOTH of us remained in our seats until dinner was done, no one had to take kids to the bathroom or for a walk or even eat with one hand because I was nursing. Nothing. Just plain, adult conversation. Lovely.

Then we went to a pub where a friend works. He was there, so we sat and talked with him for a while. Across the street is Cowboys, a very country bar/club that's the "pride" of Calgary. You CAN'T come to Calgary and NOT go to Cowboys. It's just wrong. It's probably everyone's FIRST club they go to when they move here or get old enough.

ANYWAYS, we're dancing, talking, you know.. yada yada. And, walking right by me is this HUGE guy in black, followed by another, smaller guy, and then another huge guy in black again. If any of you watched the series finale of Sex and The City tonight, you'll find this cool. (For all you USA peoples, Canada didn't air the episode until tonight). "Big" was in town, and it was him. I know, how not exciting. But it really was.

I was really impressed to see that most Calgarians didn't molest the poor guy, and he managed to have a bit of fun on the dance floor without getting attacked. In fact, I didn't see ANYONE really bother him. And it's not like we didn't know who he was.

He had a mustache, though, and it didn't look very good. (Personal taste, but whatever).

Got home, though and the kids had been little terrors for the sitter. Poor girl. But she said it wasn't too bad, so it wasn't obviously traumatic. Still, I really thoroughly enjoyed having a night out, without kids, without really any NEED to be home. I mean, after the week from you-know-where that I had, it was definitely needed for me, and since Chris has worked nearly 20 days straight, he needed it too!

Uh.. what a week. Is it over yet?