The Daily Hailey

I remember when I learned that my favorite guilty pleasure band was coming to Saskatoon and playing the Ex, I wondered if I would feel well enough to go, considering I wouldn’t even be six weeks out yet. I have been extremely fortunate in my recovery this time around, and have felt pretty much completely normal since about three weeks postpartum. So the concert was on the books, and Brady and I were pumped! He came home early and made the kids supper while I got ready. Our much loved babysitter/friend showed up shortly after 5:00 and off we went!

I admit, we tossed around the idea of just grabbing fast food and using our extra time to run errands! Haha! We’re old. We decided to prioritize our date rather, and went to Montanas for supper. Neither of us even looked at the menu, haha! We are old, and we know what we like. Baked chicken penne for me, and the firecracker burger for Brady, plus the beer on special. It took quite a bit longer there than we were expecting, so we bought our Ex admission online while we waited (and waited and waited) I know it seems like it wasn’t date-ish, and it was! Just a tad frustrating in the moment, knowing we had a deadline.

Lucky for us, we made it to the show!! If you’ve followed along long enough, you know who we saw 🙂 Marianas Trench!!

We opted to hang in the stands this time rather than on the ground. I LOVE being close to the stage, but I also LOVE not standing for three hours.

It was an awesome show, as they always are. Its just amazing how good they are when they’re live. Vocal quality was on point, the sound was mixed well, their stage presence was engaging and super entertaining. I’ve said it time and time again, but regardless of whether or not you like their music, they put on an AMAZING show! Definitely worth a try!! The last thing I’ll say about them is that they are a much bigger band than when they first starting playing shows like the Ex, yet they still come and play the free stage almost every summer. I love that. It shows humility, which cannot be said for too many bands as they grow in success. A very good quality thats hard to find.

The show wrapped up around 10:00, and we meandered our way through the crowds to find some treats for ourselves and to pay our babysitter with. Spudnuts and lemonade in hand, we headed back out to our vehicle and made our way home. Leaving events like that always feels like it takes an eternity but it wasn’t too bad at all.

We were home right around 11:00. The kids were all asleep, everyone was well, it was an all around successful night. And what better way to wrap it up than with a snuggle with this girly!

I didn’t realize how much I missed her until I had her back.

Thank goodness, she slept until 5:00am, so we got a wonderful, long stretch of sleep before she lulled, sleep-drank two measly ounces, and went back down until 9:30 roughly. This girly loves her sleep!

It really was such a lovely night out. I’m realizing more and more how important it is to go on dates from time to time, and just remember who you are as a couple, and individually, outside of the kids. I know there are people who diligently get childcare every Friday and make dating a big priority. I don’t think we can exactly swing that many dates, but even once a month would be doable and refreshing. Even just going for a walk around town where we can hold hands and talk. Simple, but effective, I bet.

My concert makeup is still on this morning (whoops) but my ears are no longer ringing. I suppose I should wash my face and let last night officially be done 🙂 Or not, because my eye makeup still looks bomb…