A new kind of vacation

KG and I are going to the beach for my birthday.  Three glorious days and two cozy nights at a condo at the Delaware beach.  The water is not turquoise, the palm trees non-existent and the waves small, but it the beach I have gone to all my life and I love it.  We are staying in the same condo complex that I have gone to all my life.  I’ve gone for long weekend alone when we had access to a condo for a couple of years, but never with a significant other.  This is something that I have wanted to do my whole life. 

Me being me, I also had the menus planned for our weekends away.  Pate, thin slices of soprasetta and prosciutto, soft runny cheeses washed down with wine.  Lobster for dinner, bacon, and omelets for brunch.  Caviar at least once.  

So, I am rethinking the menu and figuring out what to make instead.  There will still be soft runny cheeses and omelets.  I’m thinking a spinach cheese dip of some sort.  I’ve always wanted to make it from scratch and this seems like a perfect time.  I thought about splurging by ordering some kosher meat and pate but then we would have to deal with waiting between milk and meat.  Edamame seems obvious-I’ll bring one of my salts to jazz it up.  I don’t know what to do about dinner.  I’m going to make sautéed wild mushrooms with smoked mozzarella for my birthday so I need to come up with another dinner.  I have homemade tomato sauce in the freezer so lasagna would be easy and good. 

I am just ready for the two of us to have a weekend alone, away from everything and everyone, to sit, relax, and do nothing in one of my favorite places in the world.  I want KG to feel loved and taken care of and happy and well fed.  I have waited for this weekend for a very long time.  

 All that matters is that I am with a man who I love.