A Special Date

Tomorrow is our 5th anniversary, but tomorrow also is the start of the summer groups.  Therefore, we could not do anything to celebrate tomorrow.  Yesterday was our day off, so we decided to spend the night at a hotel, eat out, and go to a movie.  First we went to the Marriott.  The lady told us that one night there would be $250.  I didn't really believe her, and I asked about it, and she repeated the price.  We turned around and left and made a much cheaper room reservation on the way to the Clarion.  At the same time, I saw that a room at the Marriott only cost $100, so my instinct was right that the lady was trying to rip us off (even if she hadn't been, we wouldn't have paid that much).

At supper time, we decided to take a taxi rather than fight traffic and have to go on a hunt for parking.  We told him we wanted to go to Applebees and he did not know where it was.  So strangely enough, I knew directions better than a taxi driver.  We had a very pleasant meal together.  I had been craving artichoke dip, and they had that as an appetizer.  YUM!

After dinner, we went and saw Men in Black 3 then attempted catching another taxi back to the hotel.  The guy told us he wanted more than double of what we had paid for our taxi to the restaurant.  Figuring that we could catch another taxi on the road between the mall and the hotel, we set out walking.  In true Honduran fashion, about a block and a half after we started walking, the rains began to pour down on us.  Then they got harder.  When we were about 2 blocks from the hotel, a car drove through a huge puddle and tidal waved us.  Anything on us that was still dry before that point, was soaked after the car passed by.  All we could do as we were walking back to the hotel was laugh.

I am thankful that my mom was able to watch Haley last night and that Matt and I could spend some special time together and get away from the craziness of our day-to-day life, even if getting away is only a few miles away.  We enjoyed our evening together, and are so thankful that we have each other.