Scott Freeman

Have I Really Gotten This Old?

So, the wife and the kids went out of town yesterday. They drove up to Dallas for the night to spend some time with Tracy’s sister.
It’s the first time in over 3 years that Tracy has taken the girls (at that time there was just two) out of town by herself and left me home alone.

Now, in years past that would be a license to lapse back into bachelor mode. Go to a movie, rent a couple of video games and stay up into the wee hours of the night, eating greasy pizza and saving the world from aliens on the old X-Box.
And then, to top it all off, sleeping till noon.

Sigh, those were the good days.

Here is what my night of freedom looked like this time around:

–Worked in the office until after 6.
–Went and got dinner at Tom’s, one of the best burgers in Waco.
–Got home and made a couple of phone calls that lasted until about 8:45
–Watched the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Spelling Bee! Do you get what I’m telling you? No Halo. No Splinter Cell. A bunch of middle schoolers spelling words I’ve never heard of. Can I get the correct pronunciation for schlemiel, please?
–Went to bed and read a bit.
–Lights out at 11:30.
–Up at 7:30

I may need to send the family out of town for a do-over.

What would you do on a night alone?