Date.

      When you date for a long time, are super busy with everyday routine, get tired, get selfish, get lazy etc it's sometimes hard to spend quality time together.  J and I live in separate cities most of the time. In fact, the whole time we've been together. Law school, chasing a New York dream, moving and relocating kept us apart. It makes me personally value him and the time we do have together much more.
   
        With that being said, my adorable fiance has embarked on the 12 hour a day study routine called "bar exam prep". It is grueling, debilitating, and just plain crazy. He watches videos for hours, writes essays and responds to questions in a 900 page study "guide". His determination, focus and drive to succeed are just a few of his qualities I fell in love with. When studying all this mumbo jumbo I can't wrap my head around, he's in his element. I am incredibly proud of and awed by him and this journey he's on. It's only a few days into studying but we needed a good old fashioned date night. 

(P.S. At one point in my life I too wanted to go to law school. I will admit, however, it was because I had seen " Legally Blonde" one too many times. Embarrassing but true).

See,  I could rock that.

In addition to being a future lawyer, J is also a huuuuuge Conan O'Brien fan. (I've had to tell him multiple times that his "I'm with CoCo" poster must hang in his office only) ... A while back when tickets for his 32 city tour came on sale he was first in line so to speak. The show sold out in 2 hours so he was super pumped to get a few tickets. After much debate over the last few weeks, "should we go?" "Can I take the time away from studying" etc etc, we hopped in the car and headed for DC. We knew we wouldn't regret it, it was a blast! We had an amazing dinner before and it was a perfect night for a walk to the theater. Plus we randomly, in a city of thousands, ran into my dear friend Alex on the street!
      The show was HILARIOUS. Like belly laugh, tears come out of your eyes funny. My favorite part? Looking over and seeing him die laughing with a huge smile knowing that for a second, he forgot about all the studying and pressure and just relaxed. It was incredible but a late night nonetheless. Considering I only slept for about 3 hours before work  I think I was pretty on my game. I ripped 3 signs taking them down from the wall, tripped one of my children, fell off a table, and stapled my capri leg to the carpet. Sounds about right.
 

Blurry cause he was dancing so much!

A date night for the books indeed!