"you want to go - where?"

Husband and I celebrate our 9th anniversay this weekend.

Last weekend, in anticipation of the event, he asked me the big Q:

"What do you want to do this year?"

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I've had a weird craving for water.

I was raised east coast, with the waves and dunes on the beaches.

Since leaving the coast, I've lived on the gulf, and after that landlocked to places like colorado and tennessee. Don't get me wrong, I love colorado, and easily became a mountain gal. If we were to move again, thats where we'd go.

But there's a part of me that is needing the ocean waters.

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My suggestion to Husband was that we drive to North carolina for the weekend.

Find a cozy little place to stay on the beach, and watch the waves till we get seasick.

He thought that sounded crazy.

"You want to go WHERE? you DO realize theres a level 4 hurricane out there right?"

In my mind that makes it even better.

and besides, That ol hurricane is OFF the coast, not expected to make landfall near NC, but wow what waves we'll get !

Husband actually agreed, telling me to set it up.

:)

Not too many people will head INTO a hurricane for a honeymoon vacation.

call me crazy. yes it's true.

But being an East coast gal, I've weathered more than my share of ocean storms.

and loved every one.

There's also something of an adreneline junkie hiding inside this 'domesticated' mommy of 2.

every so often we have to let her out or she does something REALLY reckless.

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So I got online, and found a cozy little cottage to rent for the night, complete with ocean view, jacuzzi, a view of the cape hatteras lighthouse.

Called a few relatives to see about a babysitter for the kids.

One said she'd keep the kids saturday afternoon to sunday afternoon.

well. considering that NC outer banks is about a 10 hour drive-

there went the coast plan.

by the time we got there, we'd be able to take a few dark pictures, listen to the waves crash, take about a 3 hour nap, and head back.

Bummer.

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So, plan B is to look around locally, see what kind of day trip we can pull off,and have a nice lunch somewhere. We are already planning the NC trip for next year, on our 10th, and we'll be taking at least two nights, and will plan a sitter that will be able to cover this time for us ,worry free.

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Husband is disapointed, (as am I of course) He allows me to choose our events like this so he knows I'll be happy,no matter what kind of crazy I decide to throw us into. What he doesn't seem to realize is I'm happy anyway. I married the man I love, and in the past 9 years we have really had some tough times,in finance,location, parenting, and our own relationship as well. We've overcome them all, and come out the other side a stronger team for it.

I think he's almost more disappointed by the fall of our plans, because he knew I was, and its hard to come up with a last minute great plan.

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We had hoped for time away by ourselves, a mini vacation just for us. no phones or doorbells ringing, no internet to distract me (guilty as charged).

The children will still be going to the sitter for the night.

we WILL have our time, and while he does some work helping friends move,

I'll be setting up our home vacation.

A ride on the motorcycle,nice dinner, a mellow bonfire, cuddle time in the hammock,

perhaps a walk in the woods.

After all, those are the things that brought us together to start with.

in retrospect, going into a hurricane for a mini-honeymoon could be somewhat symbolic of the storms we've already managed- but it could also be symbolic of more to come .

why invite it?

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Happy 9th babe. Love you as much as the first day, and would marry you every day after.