"For us..every morning is Monday morning."

Asian husband told one of our childless friends today. I say "childless", because it's a fact that is very important to understanding this post I'm about to write.

So yesterday, we (asian husband, asian baby and I) went out to eat with our friends. Most of whom are childless. The dinner was planned by one of asian husband's best friends, DJ Dave (yes, I call him that..DJ Dave) Now, DJ Dave is like George Clooney. Bachelor for life kind of guy. SOOO..it didn't surprise us that he picked one of those uber trendy, ultra cramped, super loud, not toddler friendly, wait 1.5 hrs just to get a table for 2, peel your own crawfish/shrimp joints. PLUS we had 11 people. Oh and it was more than a 30 minutes drive from our house.

joy.

Now, blame it on the lack of sleep or our desperate need for social contact with the outside world, but asian husband and I didn't quite think it through and decided to go. If I had been of sound mind and body I would have said to myself.."self...do you think you can really take a toddler who REFUSES to sit in a high chair, to a restaurant with no booths, loud music, an extremely long wait time, and bags of steaming hot seafood that you have to peel. yourself. I think not." However, DJ Dave said that he would get there EARLY and put his name down for a table so that when the "parents" got there, there would be minimal wait.

but of course we were the first ones to arrive. OF THE 11 people who were suppose to be there.

As little asian baby would say "AWSHOME!"

So as we waited on all of our other childless friends who don't have to stick to a rigid schedule and can show up anytime between dinner time and bedtime...asian husband and I made a contingency plan. We decided that we would wait until DJ Dave came, say our hellos to the people we hadn't seen since our pre baby days and go eat somewhere else. It was already almost 6:30 and we had to be home by 8:00 for little asian baby's bath time/bedtime. (and with a toddler in tow, 1.5 hrs is BARELY enough time to find a restaurant, eat, and drive home) So that's just what we did. We waited a good 20 minutes or so for majority of the group to show up (and in toddler time that's like an hr already) we said our hellos and then our good byes and started to look for another place to eat.

That's when our other bachelor for life childless friend Uncle Joe said "But it's Saturday night can't you let the baby sleep later and just wait to eat with us?"

"Every night is Saturday night for her" I said.

"And every morning is Monday morning for us" asian husband said.

So true asian husband. So true.

Needless to say by the time we found a new place to eat, ate, paid the bill, and left the restaurant our friends had JUST gotten seated at the uber trendy, loud, wait an hr to be seated, peel your own steaming bags of seafood place.

Next time we'll just stay home.

-little asian baby