D and I have truly been enjoying our time together since the kids have been in Texas for the past few days.  Not that we don't miss them or talk about them and their little nuances constantly, but we are getting to do a few things together that we haven't done in over four years.

Today I was able to start work on my closet.  Now for those of you whom I've been too embarrassed to even let see my closet, lemme tell ya' – it needs work, ya'll!  So yesterday I drug the huge rolling rack in from the garage and began to sort all of my clothes into three parts:

• Keep-ers
• Giveaway-ers
• Garage Sale-ers

That part was actually pretty painless.  Now I just have a humongo pile of clothes that I need to get ready for garage sale-ing.  It's actually kind of nice to see all of my wardrobe organized in one orderly fashion.  Now I can actually see how many tees, shorts, etc. I have without having to waste time going hanger-by-hanger to see what is where.  I do have to say though that I am a little short on fun tops (I've got the tees and tanks part covered), so I foresee a little shopping trip after this whole closet cleaning thing is done.  Tomorrow I'll begin going through D's stuff and sifting things out and then I'll be begin actually setting up a functional closet, utilizing the damn great space we have up there.  So, realistically this whole project could take another day or two.

D and I were invited a few weeks ago to a post-Jiggle Jam thank you party that was going on tonight so we decided to head out and grab dinner before we went to the party.  Now, this is where the dating part comes in.  We went out for a quick bite to eat (with a buy one get one free coupon, of course!)  At one point after we had been seated and were waiting for our food, I mentioned to D how weird it was to just be sitting there enjoying our beverages while we waited without anything to do.  No high chairs to settle into or straw fights between kids.  Just D and I sitting peacefully. 

So dinner was great.  And, as if that weren't enough, afterwards we went out for a little treat.  YUM-O!  D made mention of the fact that we don't take our kids out for ice cream like that, yet when they're gone we decide to go.  I told him it was no big deal.  We are allowed to do that every once in a while!  The ice cream was great and we then headed off to the party.  We had fun visiting with my great pal (and mom expert!), Amy, of course Jim and Jeni, and Tara (who, by the way, does HR for THE company for women to work for in Kansas City!), and the fabulous peeps over at the coolest PR firm in town, and countless others.  As we arrived they all asked D and I about our kids and when we explained to them that they weren't in town, everyone oohed and ahhhed over all of the "things you could get done!"  I must say that I definitely do miss my little babes, but I could totally get used to this dating thing!