So last night Jay and I had our first date since we moved to Australia. My friend Aimee and I are doing a babysitter exchange so it was her turn to watch the boys. They were already in bed when she showed up so it wasn't too much work for her. We went to dinner first. We bought a bottle of wine and only drank about half of it. Dinner was nice, but a bit pricy. Both of the movies that started later were of limited interest to us, so I suggested bowling. We went tenpin bowling and it was good times. We used to bowl all the time in college. We'd go for two hours a night, two times a week. We had gotten to the point that we were both pretty decent. Of course, once we moved to Maryland, it was too expensive to bowl and had kids, etc. In the last 9+ years, we've only gone twice. Our first game last night was pretty sad. I only bowled a 76 and Jay didn't break 100 either. By game 2, our bodies remembered a bit about what to do and we did much better. After 4 games each, we were tired, but still had the babysitter for another hour and a half. We decided to drive out to Shoal Bay beach. We parked the car and sat on the beach in the dark. The night was really clear and beautiful. So many stars! We got back 1/2 an hour before we were due and called it a night. It was really lovely to be out with just us.
The boys have been begging to go bowling for quite a while and I figured I would take them today after school. I was the first one up. On my first bowl, I slipped, fell, skinned my knee, bowled a gutter ball, and SPLIT MY PANTS! These were some nice linen capri pants, not a all tight, but they just didn't like me falling like I did. So, now my entire bottom is showing, but I have three very very excited boys who can't wait to play. I did what any good mom would do. I just bowled. I didn't give a darn that the groups around me would sorta laugh and giggle whenever I bowled because they could see every bit of my undies. Yea, I was embarrassed, but my boys were so happy, it didn't matter. Even with my ass hanging out, I bowled a 130. Oh well, it's not the end of the world and at least no one there knew me.