Date night

I think date night may be the best idea Cas and I have had for the school year. We got together last night, and for teacher appreciation week, the parents at his school got everyone a dinner for two. It was a small pan of lasagna, a salad, some garlic bread and a bottle of wine.

Nice touch with the wine, too. My school's PTA got us cookies on Wednesday, but they came at lunchtime. I was giving the SAT at lunchtime, so I missed the cookies. Thursday, there were breakfast burritos. I couldn't head to the office before school because I had a bunch of kids in my classroom. 

I went down during third period to collect two cold breakfast burritos and a doughnut. That became early lunch. So, yeah. I'm appreciated. 

During my actual lunch, this happened:

My sentiments exactly. 

But date night is magic. I saw Cas, we ate his teacher appreciation meal, and we verified that Frank and Claire Underwood are, as ever, horrible people. In fact, he and I just got to the end of season two. Even though I've seen all of the episodes that exist, it's still great to watch House of Cards. We talk to the television. No spoilers, here, but we found ourselves swearing at the screen and saying things like, "Dammit, Doug!" And, "Jesus, Frank!" 

I suppose it will not be necessary next year, but both of us have really appreciated the low-key, weekly time during the school year. Hooray for date night.