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Star Wars and a Lesson Learned

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Thursday night my husband and I snuck out the house to catch the 11:40p showing of Star Wars! My mother stays at our house during the week to watch Omari so she was fine with staying with the kids while we ran off to be teenagers again. As soon as we put the boys to bed, we rolled out (Roll Out by Ludacris plays here). It was exciting! Sometimes things are so surreal to me that it seems like my life is a movie and I will instantly que music in my head for the relatable scene. I felt a rush come over me while we tiptoed through the house and out the door. It felt like we were being rebellious. We were rebelling against the parental norms for the night. Once we got into the car, we just smiled at each other as I silently melted. His smile is a constant reminder of one of the many reasons why he is my husband. He is so fine (I Love Your Smile by Shauniece plays here)! He said, "You ready baby?" I nodded and we headed for the theater. He thanked me for coming with him and I could see that he was genuinely pleased.

I do not know a thing about Star Wars because I was never interested in anything Star Wars. However, I am interested in my husband and he happens to love Star Wars so I felt it necessary to support him. It is so important to do things with your spouse even if it's not your thing. You still need to impress each other and not seek your own interests in a marriage. This is something that both of us work on constantly. He gave me a brief synopsis of the story so I could be caught up enough to understand the movie (and he didn't want me asking him so many questions while he's watching the movie).

Once we got to the theater, tickets were printed, 2 small popcorns, 1 medium cherry coke and a pack of Twizzlers were bought and we made our way down to theater 4 (Just the Two of Us soundtrack plays here). We sat down in our reserved seats and I gobbled down my popcorn before the movie even started (uncontrollable habit of mine 😋😋). I reached for our Cherry coke and must have gripped it incorrectly (it was pretty heavy) because it spilled all over me! I thought to myself that if this was a first date I would be completely embarrassed. Lol!! My husband and I quietly fussed about how I should clean the coke off of me. I told him I needed more napkins and he came back with another cherry coke, napkins and a hot dog (for himself). Stress eating I guess? Lol! Once I was all cleaned up we relaxed again. I reached for the cherry coke once more and he stared me down and told me to take my time. We both laughed and he shook his head. I am always dropping something.

We had a wonderful evening. The movie was incredible and most importantly my husband and I were able to have fun without the kids. We usually go out on a date once a month and I enjoy that but this night was special because it was impromptu and so darn exhilarating. We got back home close to 3 in the morning and saw the light in the kids room was turned on. We knew the boys were up. We were caught. We took the walk of shame to their room and found my mom and the boys. My mom said that they woke up 20 min before we came. They were crying for us and didn't want to go back to sleep. Desi was worried. He said, "mommy, I woke up and I looked for you and daddy but you weren't here. I said mommy and you didn't answer so I cried and went downstairs to grandma and asked her where you were. Omari wouldn't stop crying so I gave him a hug and told him everything will be okay. I took a deep breath and said to myself ok Desmond just take a deep breath and listen for their car and the keys in the door. I wasn't happy that you and daddy didn't tell me you were leaving. I thought something happened to you." We understood his concern and realized that we didn't consider how the kids would feel if they woke up to see we weren't home. We apologized to both of them and let them know that if we do something like this again, we would let them know. We felt bad. We definitely should have prepared them but we were caught up in the excitement. Nevertheless,  the boys were happy to see us safe at home and the went right to sleep...in our bed. Fun times. Lesson learned.

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  1. Tavia GilchristDecember 25, 2017 at 10:36 PM

    Love this and i was with you every second even with the music in your head. Excellent writing because you really captured the emotions down to the moment of spilling cherry coke on yourself! Lol! Keep up the good work mama!

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  2. AishaDecember 28, 2017 at 9:39 AM

    Thank you Tavia! That means a lot coming from You!

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