This week Scott and I had our very first night away, just the two of us, since before Micah was born. Now I know some people never get away without the kids, and some do often, but for us, it was wonderful.
We were up sometime around 3:30am to get ready and catch our cab to the airport. We had a 6am flight to Sydney. We checked into our hotel, Citygate at Ultimo and then Scott had to go and do a full days work. Whereas I: slept, read, watched tv, had nearly a 3 hour lunch with long time family friends, then I slept and read and Scott returned a bit before 7pm. Now I know what you're thinking, how is this a night away with just the two of us??? Well then we went and had dinner at Scott's favourite little Thai place, it's literally just a hole in the wall with a VERY busy kitchen and a few tables and chairs. Most people get take out as there's no room to sit. Best Thai I've eaten and cheap. In the morning we had coffee and a bagel each and it cost more than dinner!! After dinner we had gelato even though we were FULL, and then watched the Swedish version of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
By the time we got back to our hotel we were exhausted. But it was wonderful spending time doing stuff for us, with each other, knowing that our beautiful boys were being taken care of by their grandma, and thankfully they were having a great time!
We had to get up at 7 which was quite frankly, painful, I could have slept the day away. But we had a cosy brekky together and then off to ABC studios. Here I met some of Scott's colleagues and watched one of the Compass episodes due to air in a few weeks. Chatted about future projects and then off to the airport.
It's important, I feel, if at all possible to be able to spend time with one's spouse away from the children and the house. To be able to stop, dream, sleep, relax is rejuvenating. To find each other in a peaceful place instead of chaos... ahhh bliss.
I know we're spoiled. Not everyone has a generous, kind hearted mother to take the kids for 24 hours. I'm grateful.
