For the past couple of days I have been feeling a little less down. I know why. Because I’m avoiding the topic.
Actually, I was in the office Tues and was faced with the it 3 times. Twice when I entered the building and once on the way out. The people are really nice and I’m sure genuinely concerned. I know they just want to hear that I’m doing better. But one of the reasons I don’t go into the office is so that I don’t have to face the issue. The hour+ commute is bad enough. It’s one thing to think about things for that boring drive but another to have to respond to questions. I’m not bitching though, it just is what it is.
So here we go, the reason for writing today…
I would have to say, this was one of the better post-baby nights out that we had. E was about 7 months and C wasn’t on his way yet. We had a hotel room and the Cari’s mom had E. We could actually let go and have fun for maybe one of the first times in a while. Plus it was my b-day so we had a little extra to celebrate. And besides our two friends who were about to get married, we were going to be around a number of people we missed hanging out with, two of them being relatively new parents w/out baby responsibilities for the night as well. So things might get a little crazy … and they did.
Most of the people there were those who we spent many many nights out with over the previous 5+ years. It’s kind of amazing that we only became friends with these people post-college. I can’t imagine life without them. And don’t want to. They, as much as Cari & the kids, mean so much to all of us. I’ll write more about all the other experiences at some other time.
It’s labor day weekend 2007 (had to think about that for a sec, but def 2007). Susie hasn’t always been around but she’s amazing for Gary. One of the first times we met this girl and the first time she got to meet us was at our wedding in the Riviera Maya. I think that they had only been dating for a month or two at a time so that little vacation for our wedding might either make it or break it. It appears she was sold, despite a bit of drama surrounding her and a slightly crazy unwanted roommate.
So we proceeded to get a little silly this particular night. It was like 18 months of built up partying for the girls who recently had little ones. And since partying together was nothing new to them, it didn’t take them long to get back into their usual form. It def didn’t help (or hurt) that the wine (a fantastic selection) was damn tasty and free flowing.
At some point during the night I lost one of my cufflinks and made a big, but rather entertaining, spectacle out of getting it back. I’m sure Cari would tell you I had my drunk smile on by this point (or maybe 2 hours earlier) in the night. For some reason I was intent on getting the cufflink back even if it meant snagging one from the groom.
Nevertheless, the girls just simply had a blast together. One of our recently married friends, dating at the time, had one of their usual fights. A drunk fight that didn’t mean anything in the end of course but it added to the entertainment.
It’s actually a little hard to describe the night. But maybe it’s just best if I say it was a needed night out. A night with some really good friends. A night we celebrated one of their marriages. A really good night for Cari and me. We had fun. We loved each other so much. We fully enjoyed raising our lil E but we needed some real adult time, especially Cari. We got it and we made the most of it.
The ride home the next day wasn’t a pretty picture. Cari had to go into work which was an hour away and we had a half hour to get there. I think we went to bed, or passed out, only a couple hours earlier. But we made it through and talked of the night many times over.
I’ll have to find some pictures.