Fifth Anniversary

Yesterday Ryan and I celebrated 5 wonderful years together, however, we made a few mistakes. Here is a list of our mistakes, so hopefully you can avoid frustation/heartache/swearing:
#1 Don't work extra hours on special days. Emily worked her regularly scheduled shift, plus 3 extra hours (she was a bit tired).
#2 Don't be on call the night before special days, because you may get called out to a drunken trailer fight (Ryan) (No, he was not the drunkard, he was on call for the ambulance)
#3 If you are going to a nice restaurant, do not take any small children (Julianna had to wear a pretty dress, then once we got there wanted to take the dress off so it did not get messy. She then crawled over and under the table, and kicked off her shoes, yelling at the top of her lungs, "SHOES" when they fell, until one of her parents picked them up.
#4 If you insist on bringing your child, please remember your diaper bag. Juli went number 2, and the smell was not pretty.
#5 When the waitress comes over to ask if you know what you want, even if it is 30 seconds after you arrived and sat down, order something anyway. If you do not order, you may be forgotten for almost 30 minutes and then be so hungry and frustrated, you will just leave without paying for the free bread and water.
#6 When you go to leave, do not correct the hostess when she says, "Thanks so much for coming in, I hope you enjoyed the food." No need to tell her that you did not receive an opportunity to order any food, and that your child is being awful. Do not politely say that the waitress must have been really busy on this slower weekday night, and she forgot that we even existed.
#7 Do not educate your child about different animals and what they "say", because you may be seated in a booth next to a lovely landscape painting with cows painted in. This is unless of course you really enjoy your little one yelling at the top of her lungs, "COWS", or "MOOOOO".
All of this can be resolved for about $4 an hour, and a nice baby sitter that will play with your child, and maybe even help tidy up a messy bedroom.

This story does have a happy ending. We saved money on going out to eat, and got to have the best part for free, hot bread and garlic butter or honey butter. I went down to pay our babysitter for another job, and her sweet mom, on hearing about our night told us that they would have watched Juju for free, and gave us some rotisserie chicken, Jello salad and some rolls. I told her that we did not need anymore rolls, since we had plenty of bread for one night. Also, I think I have one of the best families in the world, and am so grateful for all I have. Ryan here's to 5 more years ( or how bout forever?) I love you baby.