Date (Over) Night

So nice to be able to get away with Patrick.  The boys were sick all week, and it seemed like they were on the mend, so we decided we'd take off.  We left Saturday around lunchtime and came back Sunday before dinner, but it was enough to feel like we connected and spent time just unplugging and relaxing.    Doesn't this look like someone relaxed?

I might be so relaxed, it appears I might be hallucinating it.

 

This is where it all started.  We bought a Groupon to the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton.  It's about an hour away.  $145 with 2 welcome drinks at their pub and 2 gourmet breakfast buffets.  When you see their breakfast, you'll think we really scored.   Rooms were very nice, but I would say the bathrooms were just standard.

The welcome drink at their pub was a white Russian, and if you like milky vodka, than that's your drink.  The gourmet breakfast was great - the omelets were delicious, with everything you could think of to fill it, even capers.  The only sugar and cream available was organic.

* Deep Sigh *  Again, super relaxing.  We actually stayed and continually had my coffee filled to the brim hot... until everyone left in the atrium.  It was just us talking in their sunroom for most of the morning.  Lovely!

Ok, Patrick gets a picture too!

Already planning another one for June!  Some place by the water, me thinks.  Thanks to Karen and Michael for watching our boys.  The boys loved their time with them.  The only bad thing was that Patrick got food poisoning from our lunch on the way back from a Thai restaurant in Manassas.  Poor guy, I didn't think human beings could make those gut wrenching noises from their souls.  After 10 years of marriage, that was a new one for me.