I don't know how many of you have seen the movie "Date Night" but if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Very, very funny. There's a scene in it that shows Tina Fey and Steve Carell on a date as a married couple, and when they go out, they watch other couples in the restaurant and do dialogue for them. Much funnier in the movie and I'm not great at depicting this, but take my word for it.
So anyway, Craig and I went out to eat tonight and we were seated next to a couple who was clearly on their first date. They were dressed up on a Thursday night, asking each other standard/awkward first date questions like "What do you do?" and "What's your parents' occupations?", etc.
Okay, so I guess I was kiiiiind of eavesdropping. Wah, wah, wah. Whatever. So I quietly tell Craig that they're on their first date, and he starts listening (I'm a great influence, aren't I?!) and in my defense, we didn't listen to their WHOLE conversation - just bits and pieces.
Well, at one point, I hear the guy ask her "Are you close to your dad?" She then replies "Well, he passed away." I felt so sorry for the guy and I'm sure if they happened to peer over at me at that time, they'd have known that I was listening because I definitely made the "uh-oh" face. I mean, there's not too many answers that could've been worse than that for him. I'm sure that's not the direction he was looking for the conversation to go, and I really felt for him. I told Craig and he said "Well, how else would he have asked?" And I started to think about it, and I guess there's really no other way to get that information - they were having the 'family' conversation so it was bound to come up, I think. She did mention her stepdad earlier in the conversation (I'm really not normally this nosy), so I'm sure from that he assumed that her parents were divorced. And you definitely don't think "widowed" from there, I wouldn't think.
Shortly after this all happened, the guy excused himself to go to the restroom. Craig thought the girl would go for her phone to give the "mid-date update", and I said "yeah, and he's probably texting another chick in the bathroom." (I'm such a jerk.) Well, she just checked her messages on her phone and put it down and when I look over at her, I ended up staring I guess, because Craig definitely kicked me under the table - I held the gaze a little long, I suppose (with a WTF look on my face no less). The reason I was looking was because I swear she was over there smiling and talking to her mashed potatoes, hopefully rehearsing her next conversation piece (keyword: hopefully). Either that, or.. well, I guess she was just talking to her mashed potatoes. I told Craig and she was obviously finished by that point so I don't think he fully believed me. Personally, I was kind of weirded out. I mean, sometimes you try to think about what to talk about to avoid the awkward silences, but you take note of the public places and don't rehearse it. Or maybe that's just me.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
June?!
I cannot believe June is halfway over... MORE than halfway over actually. We have been super busy and traveling (Craig traveling more than me due to work). We went to Ft. Myers, FL over Memorial Day weekend. Let me tell you - when you're going only for 2-3 days and it's not a direct flight, the weekend can get pret-ty short due to missing connecting flights.
Long story short - we were late leaving Raleigh due to storms in Charlotte (where our connecting flight was). We left 2 hours late, and while en route to Charlotte, the airport shut down AGAIN, so we circled for a while. Finally the captain came on and said we were just going to have to land in Columbia, South-Freakin'-Carolina until CLT opened back up and to get more gas because they didn't have enough to keep circling. Super. Now there's a chance we'll miss the 2nd and final flight to Ft. Myers for the night. Not only did we stop in Columbia but we sat on the runway for 2 HOURS. As you can imagine, people were grumpy & hungry(okay, maybe that was just me). But people really were testy. They had no food & barely any water. I hadn't eaten in Raleigh bc I knew we had a layover in CLT. Bad idea.
At one point, the guy sitting next to Craig asked the flight attendant how long they were legally able to keep us on the plane. The flight attendant answered, and then about 2 minutes later, the "senior flight attendant" comes up to him and starts lecturing him about wanting to get off the airplane and how it would jeopardize us leaving at all. You can imagine our surprise at how quickly things had been blown out of proportion. Imagine the movie "Meet the Parents" when he said "bomb" on the airplane. She seriously stood there and ranted for about 10 minutes about why he shouldn't get off the plane. It was insane.
Anyway - we finally got to CLT around 1am, and obviously missed our flight(s). So we went to a nearby hotel and got the 2nd flight to Ft. Myers on Saturday morning because the 1st flight was full. Once we got there, the trip was really smooth. Nice hotel, we went to a baseball game for the NCBA World Series, toured Thomas Edison and Henry Ford's winter homes. They shared a huge lot in Ft. Myers and it's open to the public. Surprisingly enough - it was interesting to see what they viewed as "luxury" back then.
Our next trip was the following weekend. We went back to Asheville to visit the Biltmore again. He took me there a couple years ago for my Christmas present and I've been wanting to go back to see the house in it's "normal" state and listen to the everyday stories from the estate. Again, it was pretty interesting and also fun to note the differences in Thomas Edison's winter home and the Vanderbilt's home. If I had to guess, I'd bet they were in different tax brackets.
The Asheville weekend was also Craig's 1-year gift to me since our actual 1-year mark was during the NCBA Regional playoffs. After we visited the Estate all day, we got back to the hotel and my back was aching and my feet were sore (I chose to wear Rainbows against my better judgement). He then decided to inform me that he had already scheduled me for a massage at 5 (there was a spa in the hotel), followed by a nice dinner later that night. Talk about good timing! Can you imagine him wanting to dance around as I complained about my feet, legs and back hurting before I even knew there was a massage scheduled? He was pretty proud of himself... as he should've been. :)
He took me to a really nice restaurant at the Biltmore Inn and they had a really impressive menu. I always know it's impressive when I have no idea what's listed - fancy schmancy stuff that I can't pronounce. I'm sure the server had me pegged as a sheltered bumpkin when I was asking her what everything was (not saying she was wrong). Craig just sat back and laughed as he shook his head at my questions towards the server. I usually never disappoint when it comes to my naive ways.
All in all, it's been a great month - it has just gone by too fast! This weekend is Father's Day where I hope to get to Greensboro to see my Dad and also Craig's dad in Randleman. The next trip is NYC on July 4th weekend - YEAYA! :)
Long story short - we were late leaving Raleigh due to storms in Charlotte (where our connecting flight was). We left 2 hours late, and while en route to Charlotte, the airport shut down AGAIN, so we circled for a while. Finally the captain came on and said we were just going to have to land in Columbia, South-Freakin'-Carolina until CLT opened back up and to get more gas because they didn't have enough to keep circling. Super. Now there's a chance we'll miss the 2nd and final flight to Ft. Myers for the night. Not only did we stop in Columbia but we sat on the runway for 2 HOURS. As you can imagine, people were grumpy & hungry(okay, maybe that was just me). But people really were testy. They had no food & barely any water. I hadn't eaten in Raleigh bc I knew we had a layover in CLT. Bad idea.
At one point, the guy sitting next to Craig asked the flight attendant how long they were legally able to keep us on the plane. The flight attendant answered, and then about 2 minutes later, the "senior flight attendant" comes up to him and starts lecturing him about wanting to get off the airplane and how it would jeopardize us leaving at all. You can imagine our surprise at how quickly things had been blown out of proportion. Imagine the movie "Meet the Parents" when he said "bomb" on the airplane. She seriously stood there and ranted for about 10 minutes about why he shouldn't get off the plane. It was insane.
Anyway - we finally got to CLT around 1am, and obviously missed our flight(s). So we went to a nearby hotel and got the 2nd flight to Ft. Myers on Saturday morning because the 1st flight was full. Once we got there, the trip was really smooth. Nice hotel, we went to a baseball game for the NCBA World Series, toured Thomas Edison and Henry Ford's winter homes. They shared a huge lot in Ft. Myers and it's open to the public. Surprisingly enough - it was interesting to see what they viewed as "luxury" back then.
Our next trip was the following weekend. We went back to Asheville to visit the Biltmore again. He took me there a couple years ago for my Christmas present and I've been wanting to go back to see the house in it's "normal" state and listen to the everyday stories from the estate. Again, it was pretty interesting and also fun to note the differences in Thomas Edison's winter home and the Vanderbilt's home. If I had to guess, I'd bet they were in different tax brackets.
The Asheville weekend was also Craig's 1-year gift to me since our actual 1-year mark was during the NCBA Regional playoffs. After we visited the Estate all day, we got back to the hotel and my back was aching and my feet were sore (I chose to wear Rainbows against my better judgement). He then decided to inform me that he had already scheduled me for a massage at 5 (there was a spa in the hotel), followed by a nice dinner later that night. Talk about good timing! Can you imagine him wanting to dance around as I complained about my feet, legs and back hurting before I even knew there was a massage scheduled? He was pretty proud of himself... as he should've been. :)
He took me to a really nice restaurant at the Biltmore Inn and they had a really impressive menu. I always know it's impressive when I have no idea what's listed - fancy schmancy stuff that I can't pronounce. I'm sure the server had me pegged as a sheltered bumpkin when I was asking her what everything was (not saying she was wrong). Craig just sat back and laughed as he shook his head at my questions towards the server. I usually never disappoint when it comes to my naive ways.
All in all, it's been a great month - it has just gone by too fast! This weekend is Father's Day where I hope to get to Greensboro to see my Dad and also Craig's dad in Randleman. The next trip is NYC on July 4th weekend - YEAYA! :)
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