The Last Date

11/30/2012. This was the last time Dina and I went on a date. It was a Friday evening. Dinas recovery from heart surgery was going about as expected. We had been out and about doing normal stuff like errands and visiting family since she had been home but we had not been out by ourselves. My mother asked to take our then almost 3 year old daughter to the Christmas tree lighting in the city where they live and she would keep her for the night, so we found ourselves with an unexpected free Friday night. Score! Since she still wasnt 100% we couldnt do too much but wanted to get out regardless. The first stop was pizza. Dina had a soft spot for Papa Ginos for some reason so I caved in and agreed to go there since all I really cared about was getting her out of the house. Then we were off to the movies. She was a Twilight fan and the last one had just come out in the theaters. Im not a fan but told her I would sit through it with her if thats what she really wanted to see. She felt too bad doing that to me since it was my night out too, so I suggested Silver Linings Playbook. Per usual she scoffed at one of my movie suggestions since she hadnt heard of it. I showed her the preview and she changed her mind. We both really liked it. And that was that. We went home after and got to, gasp, sleep in (beyond 7AM!) that next morning. Very strange to think that a year later this is where I am...home alone watching my team (Notre Dame) while my daughter sleeps. That was the last time we went out together by ourselves. The last time we watched a new movie together. Just over a week later she was in the hospital and we never got to do any of that again.