Once a Year

Once a year, we book a one-night stay at a hotel room with a private two person jacuzzi.

It's hands-down one of the best traditions we ever started.

A few weeks ago we had our 3rd annual "hooray, Spring is here- hooray, we've been together now x number of years" getaway. It was just as good as the first and second time, if not better.

We had stayed in this exact room before, so we knew to bring a laptop so we could have something to watch while we soaked in the tub. We brought "Catching Fire" because we're such romantics like that. We each picked out a special snack (chips and salsa for him, M&M's for me) and we began our relaxation.

We sat in that tub. For hours. One of us would have to get out occasionally to grab a few more brews. We finally tried Yuengling, since people had been hyping it up so much. Personally, I wasn't too excited about it, but it was a pleasant, light beer to enjoy in the bubbling jacuzzi.

The movie lost our attention and we just talked. And talked. All of a sudden it was time to think about heading to dinner.

One improvement over last time was that a new pub had opened up- right next door! We got dressed and moseyed on over. Hello, fried scallops and french fries!

I could tell you that we stayed up late, but we didn't. Instead, we got the most consecutive sleep we've gotten in weeks. I personally slept 9.5 hours. It was truly delightful.

I could tell you that I missed the kids. But I didn't. It was only 24 hours away from them, and it felt so good just to focus on Steve and I.

Marriages need time and attention. On a day to day basis, we're bogged down with work, schedules, visits, appointments and everything else life throws at us, like illness and cars breaking down. Time to do things for yourself or for your spouse can get lost in the shuffle. When you set aside a weekend or just one night, you're saying: "This is important to me. We need this to refresh ourselves and our marriage."

Our Spring jacuzzi room stay does just that. What's your ideal getaway with your significant other?