Twice in a month!

It is interesting to me how when you make certain choices in aspects of life, the results trickle down into other areas.  Earlier this month, I made the decision to take time away from social media and, as a result, my phone is now simply that...a phone.  I use it now to make calls.....that still happens in our world, right?...and I use it to text.  That is pretty much it.  And I find it amazing as well how much longer my battery lasts these days when I just use the phone as a phone....interesting.

Michael and I went out for Mexican last night.  Our waitress was new.  We frequent this establishment quite often, so we know who's worked there for awhile and who hasn't.  She was nice enough, but forgot our appetizer and my order was wrong.  That turned out to be a happy mistake.  I asked to see the menu to find out exactly what was in the dish she brought me.  It looked fine and I thought, "it's the same price as what I ordered, so why not try it?"  Turned out to be excellent and I will definitely get it again. 

Anyway, it wasn't until we were paying the bill that I realized we had sat the entire meal sans phones.  Neither of us pulled out our phones for one reason or another.  There were no updating statuses on social media, no tagging ourselves at the restaurant, no checking emails, etc.  We just sat and enjoyed each other's company.  We caught up with our days and talked about the weekend plans.  And I thought of how nice that was that we could just be there in the moment.  A few weeks ago when I had dinner with 2 friends from college, the same thing happened.  No phones, just enjoying the pleasure of each other.  This odd ocurrence happening once in a while is miracle enough, but twice in a few weeks?  I almost don't know how to handle it LOL

I don't expect every dinner and every outing to be like that.  It is not fair for me to put those kinds of expectations on other people 24/7.  But once, or twice, in a blue moon is quite nice.  And I'll gladly accept that!