New Mommy Files, Part 18

On the road again. That's my theme song. Remember last week I headed to southern Virginia to visit Raine at my parent’s house? Well, before I blinked it was Friday again and time to hit the road. My week off from mommyhood had a highlight or two. The best one being my night out with two co-workers. We went to a little wine bar and downed two bottles of wine and four very appetizing appetizers. I’m not even a wine drinker but hey, they do say it does a heart good.

But more than my heart it did my mind good. It was nice to go out and not worry about getting home. And,these were non-moms so we didn’t talk about kids, either. Not that I’m not proud as punch over Raine, but at work I am slowly morphing into “the mom” one, and many of the non-work conversations people have with me revolve around motherhood. And anyone (even the guys) who has a little one on the way hit me up for information. I wonder what I used to talk about? And of all the conversation topics, parenthood is probably the subject I know the least about. It has only been eight months, you know. So I highly recommend a night out here and there to keep you young, and,even though it was a late night, refreshed! I'm going to try to sneak out again next week to a co-worker's baby shower happy hour (he’s the daddy and didn’t want the office pastel balloons). Hey, it’s a baby shower, but after the good time I had this week, I’ll take a night out any way I can get it.

Talk to you next week. I’ll have to fill you in on the Raine and Dad adventure. He’s going to have to watch her overnight solo tomorrow. She sticks to her schedule like clockwork, but I have a feeling she’s going to try to take her daddy for a ride. We’ll see.

Marcia Caster
Senior Editor, Beauty and Fashion
mcaster@heartandsoul.com