Our nineteenth anniversary is today. Nineteen years! Wowzer. We managed to slip away for a few days, down to San Diego. It was so nice to be just the two of us. It is nice to be just the seven of us or any combination of our family members. I'm not saying one is better than the other, it is just nice, whatever grouping we have has its positives! Let me tell you about the nice things about being just me and Will.
First up, kissing. Will is the only person in our family who lets me kiss him any time I want to. It is awesome and we kissed a lot over the weekend. A LOT!
Second, doing activities where you don't have to worry about anyone's personal safety but your own. We flew down to San Diego Friday night and had dinner. Saturday Will rented bikes and we cruised along the beach for miles and miles. We didn't have to worry about kids getting lost, run over or too far ahead. I've never taken a bike along the beach and always wanted to. It seems like such a California thing to do. It was so much fun and now I want to take the kids on a beach bike ride too!
Third, eating at nice restaurants with yummy/weird food. Will and I love to eat out (who doesn't?). Taking the kids is nice but costly and some of them only eat pasta or chicken nuggets. It is a bitter pill to swallow, paying restaurant prices for nearly free food you have at home. Anyway, we went to a couple of really lovely restaurants in San Diego and at some really fun food. Some standouts: a crab cake and escargot. Will was the only one who ate the snails...I had one but that was it.
Fun fact, in high school I took two years of French. As part of the class, we learned how to make a couple of French food items, including escargot. We were graded on whether or not we ate the escargot. As a somewhat picky eater, I was NOT going to eat a snail. So, while we were making the escargot, I crumbled up a bit of bread, put it in the little pot and quickly covered it with a mound of butter. I paid attention to where I placed that particular pot on the baking tray and made sure that was my pot when we had to down a snail. I cheated the system and got my passing grade. By the way, escargot is just snails in a mountain of garlic butter. Anyone who says they like escargot doesn't like snails at all, they like butter...that's it. It's the same with lobster. You eat lobster with a stick of butter, people don't like lobster...they like butter. Anyway, I did eat one snail off of Will's plate...so I guess I earned my grade...just 20+ years late.
Fourth, getting to do whatever we want! On our last morning, Will went for a workout and I slept in. It was lovely. No one needed breakfast or us to break up a fight. We just got to relax. It was awesome!
On our last day, we signed up for a harbor tour in kyacks. It was a little chilly but sunny. We saw kelp forests and caves. It was really cool like neat...and cool like cold. I thought the kids would have enjoyed that activity too. Then it was back to the airport and home. It was such a nice getaway. Many thanks to Lorien for holding down the fort Friday night. More thanks to Alan and Heather for holding down the fort Saturday night and Sunday.
Happy anniversary Will. You make me smile every day. I am so glad we get to be together forever and get to go on adventures. I love you!
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