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06/02/2007: "A Retreat After All"
Jeanette and I were supposed to be gone this week enjoying ourselves in Vienna, Austria. I am not too disappointed not to be traveling overseas for the sixth time in as many months but spending quality time together in the city where we started out relationship would have been something special.
So as a consolation, we are going away for three nights. Jeanette won a trip as a work reward and one of the options was a spa retreat at the Sonoma Mission Inn. From Monday afternoon until Thursday, we will get to lounge around enjoying the spa and surrounding wine country. Sounds perfect to me
As things start to get crazy for me with my health, Jeanette and I realize more and more how valuable our time is together. It is amazing how seldom we really are “together” as a couple when spending our days raising children. We have at least 4 good couple friends whose kids are graduating from high school this month. As the kids get ready to head to college and out of the house, it seems that the cycle is set for a couple to rediscover why they were together in the first place. When we had the chance to be spontaneous and free, it sure was easier. I understand that our kid workload is a little higher than most, but life just seems to get so serious when you are raising kids. We never seem to make an effort to get a regular babysitter going. So I envy those who have set aside one night a week or two nights a month as a “date night.”
Our kids aren’t graduating and leaving the nest but we are renewing efforts to spend quality time together and find a little more fun in life. Maybe a few more vacations, maybe a few more dates, maybe a few more movie matinees are in our future.
Anyhow, the license plate you chose is right on the money, bub! UBERSUN! 