Wild To Child

When I arrived home from work yesterday, our babysitter was sitting in our living room. To my surprise, my wonderful husband had arranged for us to go out to dinner sans children, which couldn't have come at a better time. He made reservations at Branzino, a restaurant which previously employed chef Ashley Merriman, a contestant on the most recent season of Top Chef. Once we arrived, we realized that she was no longer employed there, but the food was still amazing and the service was flawless. Proof that the food on Top Chef is every bit as wonderful as it looks!

I had Roasted Cauliflower Soup, Gnocchi (which included rabbit, mushrooms, and ruby chard), and for dessert...cannoli. While the rabbit meat could not hold a candle to the rabbit my grandmother makes, it's safe to say that it was one of the best dinners I have ever had. The only thing I didn't care for was the Heirloom Beet salad that Evan ordered. But to be fair...I never liked beets to begin with. He also had Duck Confit as his main course and Poached Pear Sorbet as dessert...each sample equally delicious.

For all you wine lovers like myself, they have a great selection...even featuring some from my old stomping grounds out in the Walla Walla Valley!

For all of you from and visiting Seattle I completely recommend giving their food a try! Here is their website for more information:

http://www.branzinoseattle.com/

I've always believed the statement "when it rains, it pours" and all the crap happening to us lately is coming down by the bucket. I haven't been this stressed since the days of figuring out how to tell my parents that my unwed ass was having a baby.

Rather than go through the two week saga of how my life is so damn complicated I have condensed it into several informational bullet points:

1) Wedding Drama

2) New (used) Car that had to be FIXED

3) Scarlet's ER Trip

4) Evan's Hours "Cut Back" (Informal Layoff)

5) TIGHT Budget

6) Holiday Weekend...Evan's ENTIRE Family Over

7) Job Hunt

There you have it. This too shall pass, right? RIGHT?!?! I mean....it just sucks. Just. Plain. Sucks. I want to fast forward a few years to Evan and I laughing about how terrible it was but how we got through it...about how we thought it was much worse than it really was...then exaggerate about how bad it got and say we lived off bread and water for months and only got top ramen for special occasions.

So needless to say....I have many reasons why I haven't updated the site lately. I'm so sorry....SO SORRY. I feel like I have been missing out as well. I like to have an outlet to vent my frustrations instead of just taking them out on my darling husband....I'm sure he prefers it this way too!

I must have called Evan about 8 times in 2 hours this morning. To ask him menial questions about when Noel had her last bottle, or the last time he gave Scarlet cold medicine, and just to let him hear how absolutely miserable I was through the sound of my voice. All of this, just to convince him to try to come home early, without having to swallow my pride and admit I needed help by asking him directly.

And he...being the most wonderful, most intelligent, most understanding husband that he is-got the hint and came home a little after 12:30 pm. I gladly turned the runny noses, coughs, and crying over to him and finally got to sit down and feel sorry for myself.

I'm probably the most terrible mother in the world....wanting nothing else but my husband to come home and relieve me of my childcare duties even though my babies are sick. Mostly because on top of my stomach flu (still got it) I get the worst cold....overnight. Not just me either...Scarlet and Noel have coughs and noses running 100 miles an hour. In my defense, it wouldn't be so hard if they were as sick as I am....then they would just want to sleep instead of doing all our usual activities with a side of extra crankiness. I wouldn't even wish this on my worst enemy (or would I?).

It's times like these that I am thankful I am not a single mother. I couldn't imagine NEVER getting a break....even for a moment. Maybe I'm being selfish...but every mother deserves a little R and R at some point, right? Even if it is selfish! Please say yes, so I can feel better about myself!