Date Night

My mom came with us to DC, and then back to

the base for a few days.

Of course that meant we had to squeeze in as

many DATE NIGHTS as we could!

(and O got to spend time with her Gigi).

Date Night #1.

While traveling around on the tour bus

F noticed a little Chinese Tea Shop, that

he thought I'd love, so we were adventurous

(Ok, I was adventurous and stepped out of my

comfort zone).  We drove through downtown

DC at night.  It was just as bustling as I thought

it would be.  They have roads that claim to be 2-way,

 that are not as wide as our vehicle, and then they 

allow people to park on the sides of them.

Wow, glad I didn't drive :)

Ok, well I may have been a 

backseat driver...but just a 

little bit.

We ended up parking in a residential

area, where peoples' houses are worth

more than we will make in a lifetime.

Then we walked the 5 blocks or so to 

the main road.

F found an Apple store.  

It was closed.  Darn.

We found our tea shop,

but it was closed too.  So we

went to Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

Date Night #2

Our next Date night we could squeeze in was

the night of our Bible Study.  We love our

Bible Study, but we wanted to go on a date

more, and thought it was more important.

F got out of class early again, and we were excited

to go.  We walked out to our van, to discover we

had a flat tire. Wont wont*

(*That was most definitely the sound effect

I made in my head when I saw the tire.

Yes, I make sound effects in my head.  My

life has enough ridiculous moments that it

makes stressful moments at least mildly 

amusing.)

My husband is a champ, and got right to work taking

off the flat, and putting on the spare.  I really didn't

even remember we had that donut tire under the van.

I did a preliminary search of local places to fix tires.

The place he chose I would have never gone to alone.

First of all, it is in the city I am to not ever enter

(The base is adjacent to 3 different towns, and

when we moved here I was given the advice,

'even if you have to go through the town, don't.')

Secondly, after driving to the place and seeing

the outside, I would have kept right on driving

donut tire or not.  The place looked like it had

not seen a can of paint or any cleaning tools

ever.  Gross.

But the husband was not even aware of this

(at least he didn't show it).  He pulled right in.

I must admit, I was very impressed with

their work, and I misjudged them.

We were in and out of there in less

than 20 minutes.  

I am sure this guy appreciates that

I took his photo for my blog.

I know when my husband saw the 

photo he asked why I took the photo.

:)

Whew, after all of that it was time for the date.

We went to the mall and perused the shops.

Then we went to dinner.  

We pulled into the hotel at 7:35.

Our Bible Study group meets in the lobby

around 6:55 and then we all head to a 

conference room.  So, we go walking into the

lobby and who do we see sitting in the lobby?

Our Bible Study Group.

Of course.

We make eye contact with one of them

and smile.  Then we make a run for it

in the opposite direction hoping the 

Chaplain doesn't call us out.

I later found out that everyone,

 but the Chaplain saw us. They 

could probably hear us laughing all

the way down the hall.