last week i had a very mopey girl moment of feeling sorry for myself because i could not think of the last time my husband bought me flowers or wrote a sweet love note. i love my husband so very much, but he is not exactly the epitome of romantic. in my silly pity party (there are people dying all around the world and i am sad that my husband hasn't brought home roses in a while), i started thinking of romantic things
i had done for him lately...
i didn't get very far (does laundry & sweeping the floor count?). relationships take work, and while the best friend/parenting partnership part of our relationship is good, i think we both could put a little more effort into the romantic side. to ignite the romance, my sweet neighbor, shalini, offered to watch our boys so james and i could go on a little date night. her only condition was that i had to put effort into the date--not just go out to dinner.
i started by putting a handwritten note (with a chocolate chip cookie from chick fila--so delicious if you have not tried them!!) in james' car while he was in class asking him if he would like to join me for a date that evening. then i picked up an 18 pack of his favorite beer and put it in the fridge at home for a post date treat. for our time sans kids, we took our rackets to the tennis courts. while this may not seem uber romantic, it is something we loved to do together when we first started dating and something we hope to do more.
we had a great match and even though i was up 6-5, james ended up winning 8-6. we shared many laughs, a good workout and two hours of free entertainment! after a quick dinner at mcalisters, we picked up the boys and enjoyed an evening of relaxation together. i think james may have been more excited that i thought to buy him beer than plan a date night, but either way it was a success! since then we have both stepped up the romance with little things like him bringing me a dr. pepper this afternoon on his way home. i'm still waiting on the flowers, but i'll smile thinking about our good times on the court... :)
(all photos from 2006).
