Surprise Date Night

Well Saturday night we got ready to head out to dinner...just Ricardo, Alexander, and I. My sister was here doing laundry and as we got ready to leave she offered to watch Alexander. We were like WHAT? SERIOUSLY! She said she didn't have any plans and had wanted to offer anyway. She told us to go out and have a nice dinner and don't worry about coming back quickly or anything...just enoy time alone. SO NICE! As the guilt of leaving Alexander wore off I couldn't get my boots zipped fast enough. I grabbed my purse and we ran to the car. We were going to go the Cheesecake Factory but I offered to eat at Texas Roadhouse since Ricardo loves it so much. Well, the line was out the door and we knew the wait would be like an hour then we drove to CF to grab a table, share a meal and a piece of cheese cake. We must have eaten there at least once a week when I was pregnant. We love the food and they have outdoor dining which is so fun in the summer. Well, they were so busy...busier than we'd ever seen. The wait was at least 50 minutes and again we knew we couldn't wait that long. So, we walked down to the mall and ended up eating crappy cheeseburgers at Johnny Rockets. We knew driving to another resturant at 6pm on Saturday in Indianapolis to find food was a futile effort. So, we grabbed 3 cheeseburgers for us and Mel and headed home. She was curled up on our love seat and Alexander was sound asleep. I proceeded to make her and I a bowl of Butter Pecan ice cream and watched the rest of Wedding Crashers while Ricardo talked to his dad. So much for date night.