The Actual Celebration

(Ug, just had a blue screen of death and I lost all the info I had typed! So here's hoping I can redo it for a rewrite).

By the time I actually got up this morning, it was around 10pm (I had stayed up writing until 4am morning) and woke up to my son's screeching from downstairs as my wake up call.

Hubby had been cooking the hour before I woke up and made some great potatoes and eggs, a new experiment with cumin and paprika. Yum. I thought it was really good and when it was all gone wanted more.

By noontime kiddo started to fuss, and by 1pm he was in full throttle of whining and by 2pm I had had enough and put him down for a nap. Oh, he cried as if I was feeding him to the wolves, but I knew his cranky whining, and that meant it was certainly overdue for a nap.

And he slept. And slept. By 4pm I was getting antsy and wanted him to wake up. After all we were going to drop him off at Grandma and Grandpa's place so that Daddy and I could celebrate our 5th anniversary. So, by the time we actually got over there and finally in the 'baby free zone' it was about 5:30pm.

Hubby and I rolled down the road wondering where we should actually go. I cracked a lot of Taco Bell jokes saying we should just go there for our anniversary, so when we look back I can say, "Yessum, I gots me the family combo for dinner. No expenses was too great."

I was on tonight. I was pulling dinner jokes out left and right, and finally we picked a direction of where we were driving to.

Fate intervened and while we were going to Job Lot (the coolest place to find all these odd and unique things you can't find anywhere else), I spotted it.  There! Omg, a traditional Japanese sushi bar! In... Rhode Island! And I know there must be some bars in downtown Providence, but this was like, RIGHT THERE not too far away from the Lincoln Mall. And the Lincoln Mall was about 25 minutes away from our house.

(Did I ever mention that I ALWAYS wanted to go to a sushi bar? I want to LIVE on sushi. I'd fly to Osaka, Japan just to eat there. But of course I haven't mentioned it, this is only blog #4... but ask Hubby, I'm always raving about how I wished to eat fresh sushi instead of the prepackaged stuff you find in the grocery store).

I was really excited. I hoped it wasn't going to break the bank for the meal. I was fearing disappointment of high expectations. I almost chickened out and said we should go to the closest Chinese Restaurant instead.

Then, I took a deep breath and said, "This is our 5th anniversary. We should do it right. We scrimp and save all year round to save what little we can.  Let us enjoy it."

We walked in and I was even more excited. The lady who was seating us asked, "Bar or table?"
Hubby: "Table."
Me: "Bar."

We sat at the bar. It was the coolest thing ever to see the two sushi chefs making the sushi. I kept poking Hubby to turn around and watch- that's the whole point of sitting at the bar, the show! Other people (there were hardly anyone there) were chatting away about going to Japan, etc, movies, and I was just taking it all in.

When we finally had gotten our order: The Blaze, The Lion and An Awa Kashi (I'll have to edit it later), I so wanted more.  It was delicious. It was arranged beautifully and man, I was just so happy to be getting my wish of sushi with my husband, who was enjoying it just as I was. 

I think we may make this place a favorite place to dine, I know I'll be pressing it often because it was just a fabulous experience. Sure, it lasted less than 30min, but I loved it. Next time, we'll order a few sushi and split a meal.  It was so cool, I was bubbly to talk about it when we picked up kiddo from babysitting. 

Must go back. Soon. Mommy like sushi!