Date Night vs. The Powers That Be

Lincoln and I don't often get to the movies together since we had Hannah. When we first had Hannah and we got the rare date night out we'd each pick a movie starting around the same time, go to our individual movies, and then meet up afterwards to talk about them. Neither of us have a problem going to the movies by ourselves and it actually made sense. For the price of one babysitter we each got to see a movie we wanted and when we met up afterwards we could each talk about the movie we had just seen instead of both talking about a movie that the other already knew about. It worked out perfectly.

Over the years we've stopped coordinating with the babysitter and just started going to the movies by ourselves whenever we could catch one. If there was something one of us was dying to see we'd go on the weekend while the other one watched the kids. Sometimes one of us would get a random afternoon off from work and sneak away to see a movie before heading home.

This coming weekend we're planning a date night that includes a DOUBLE feature with not two, but THREE movies. How, you say? Link wants to see Avatar and I want to see Leap Year so we'll each head to our own separate movies before meeting up afterwards for Up in the Air. After that we'll pop over to the restaurant next door for a drink before heading home to the babysitter and the kids.

Of course all of this is contingent on life not getting in the way which seems to be happening way too often lately.

Wish us luck.