he shows me his love and that, in turn, makes me want to find ways to show him mine.
For those of you who are my facebook friends, you’ve already seen these three photos from Carl and I’s date yesterday . . .
He told me about a week and a half ago that he had a date night planned and he would be wearing his tux so I needed to dress up too. He would not tell me where we were going or what all we would be doing or why.
Our first stop wasfor dinner at Emilio’s, our favorite fancy place in Boise. Over dinner, I asked him why we were doing this and his response was that we hadn’t been on a date in a really long time and that we had never really celebrated the fact that I am cancer free. (Which, other than me skipping around and telling anyone who would listen that I didn’t have cancer anymore, was true : ) So we shared a bottle of wine, a four course meal and desert wine, which is what I blame for the fact that I tripped in my heels and almost fell flat on my face in front of everyone at the restaurant on one of my trips to the ladies room (Awkward Girl is never far from the surface . . . : ).
After dinner he took me ice skating at Idaho Ice World where, believe it or not, I managed to not fall on my face or my rear. Although, that probably has nothing to do with my ice skating skills, since I don’t have any. Really I just hang on to Carl’s hand while he skates me around. And I may or may not have teared up when we were getting out of the truck and he handed me a bag with leggings and socks in it so I wouldn’t get cold. : )
Our second to last stop was the Flicks movie theater downtown–an older theater where they play independent films and serve food and drinks. We watched The Artist which is a fun, silent film love story with an interesting twist. And from there, we wrapped up our evening on the town at The Modern Hotel and Bar–a place where the cocktails are worthy of even the snobbiest bartenders (i.e. Carl and Aurum : ).
Throughout the entire evening he opened and closed my car door, helped me in and out of my coat, asked people to take our picture, ordered for me and in general made me feel like Audrey Hepburn on a date with Cary Grant. : )
Sometimes I wonder if these posts seem like propaganda, since I’m always talking about all the wonderful things he does. I hope you all know that we are no different from any other couple in that we make mistakes, fight, get mad and have problems too. But somewhere in our eight years together, we agreed that in order to be happy for the long haul, we would have to forget pride and continually show each other our love and respect. I’d say we’re doing a good job so far and that because of that agreement, there isn’t a problem out there that we can’t get through together.
