by Deidra Romero posted in Parenting

Since having kids, I have never spent a single night child-free. But that all changed last week. My husband and I had 3 glorious nights away for the first time in FIVE WHOLE YEARS.
And it was the stuff of dreams.
We stayed up late talking with friends and watching Game of Thrones. We had long, lingering brunches. We traveled light without the strollers, car seats, and baby wipes. I even carried a small cross-body purse.

I thought: Someone pinch me.
I enjoyed the most mundane activities like standing in line at Starbucks. It was amazing not answering one million questions about all the things in the whole wide world.
I will be honest, I was afraid I wouldn?t be able to click out of mom-mode. I was worried I would miss them so much I wouldn?t be able to enjoy myself. I was worried I would be worried the whole time.
But when we got to the airport, we had so much time before our flight (it?s amazing how quickly you can move kid-free). So I snuck in a pedicure and manicure with my favorite podcast and one of those massage chairs.
That was enough to put me right into vacation mode.
I was afraid to Facetime my kids who were staying with my mom. I had heard stories of kids breaking down over Facetime and I just didn?t want to deal with all that guilt on my vacation. But my husband insisted we try it.
They were 100 percent fine. Happy, even. They loved spending time with my mom who was spoiling them.
There were very few tears shed in our absen...