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Shortly after I babbled about Wonder Wifey's Dream Day Off (see previous post), the hubs pried for a reason why he wasn't part of my plan at all. There was no intention of excluding him at all. I mean, given every chance, I will choose him to keep me company at all times, over girlfriends and shopping buddies. Most of the time, his opinions are even better anyway, or at least at par with my standards. He even acquired a trained eye on how to distinguish real purses from knock-offs -- trust me, he knows every detail of an authentic Chanel bag's engineering as much as he knows his AR15 collections and automobile doodads. That's how much effort he puts forth into my interests. I do the same way.

But!

The reason why I wanted to be alone is because I really have been needing a lot of peace and quiet lately, aka sleep, because of one thing: deprivation. Don't even bother to look at my To Do list/Schedule (that stretches out to next year and the year after that), if you are allergic to a stressful life.

Do you, my fellow women who run the household (aka wives, girlfriends, significant others, mommies, fiancees, domestic partners, co-habitants, etc etc) feel the same way sometimes? Like when you're buried under 6 feet of things to do and your list is starting to beat the bridge span of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway? Is it just me, or you also feel like putting on blackout curtains in the middle of a beautiful day, while wearing eye covers, passing up on the opportunity to watch ongoing rerun marathons of your most favorite TV show of all time...just so you can stay sane and composed?

But of course, that doesn't dominate our wish lists, or does it? Teehee! As social creatures, we want to make time for other things and other people -- sustaining good relationships along the way. Our spouses, most especially. The hubs and I usually have a movie night to ourselves, either at home or in the movie theater. Mostly at home now since we enjoy watching old movies. I make sure I don't spoil the movie night by dragging with me a full hamper of clean laundry to fold on the side. That can wait, I won't care if it will take another 10 years to find the next free time for it. Movie nights or All-you-can-eat food trips -- we're into Indian Cuisine these days. Our next target is Moroccan. We also walk together by the trail near our house, overlooking San Francisco bay. When the weather's still too windy and cold, we stay indoors and challenge each other in Wii sports. In our heads.

A real date in the offing is watching the Date Night Movie starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey. Have you heard of it? I saw the trailer and thought it might be something worth watching with the hubs since it is about a couple who goes on their weekly dinner date then suddenly finding themselves thrown into a night of intrigue. I won't tell you the details but it sure sounds like a fun and eventful adventure. You can watch the trailer yourself, or better yet, see the movie on the opening weekend like we intend to. It opens this Friday, yes, April 9th! I am putting that in my calendar, between gorging on scrumptious Moroccan cuisine and "sleeping by myself in the bathroom for at least 48 hours straight" (just kidding).