Jason and I do not go out together often for date nights, but have been trying to make an effort to have more "us time" despite our insane schedule. It had been since Valentine's weekend that we had an adult night, so I decided it was time to get a babysitter and have a night out last weekend! I have heard that G & M Restaurant in Pasadena had the best crabcakes and I wanted a good crabcake.
The weather on Saturday was horrible! Jason even asked if we should stay local, but wanting an adventure and something new I dug my heels in and still wanted to go. The drive down was scary between the torrential rain, flooding on the highway, and lightning striking close our car. Fortunately we called ahead and when we arrived we got to bypass the 45 minute wait and go directly to a cute little table. I didn't even need to look at the menu, I wanted crabcakes! :) As we were enjoying our salad and bread the lights flickered on and off several times and then finally the power went out altogether. Initially I got very upset! I had looked forward to this night for weeks and was so disappointed! I thought our food wasn't done and we were going to have to leave. Then I felt a nudge from above and remembered my pastor's words from a few weeks ago, "THINK ETERNITY." In the whole scheme of things this wasn't a big deal, worst case scenario we left and ate somewhere else! At least it would be together! Then waiter set a candle on our table and a few minutes later he walked out with our food! We were the last dishes to come out of the kitchen cooked! It turned out be fabulous food and the candlelight was extremely romantic.
While I feel bad for all of the people that didn't get their food, who were waiting and were asked to leave, and for the people that work there it turned out to be a night to remember for me! I am learning not to sweat the small stuff in life and ask the questions: Will this matter in 10 minutes? 10 months? 10 years? And 99.9% of the time the answer is NO. If we focus on what is good in every situation who knows how beautiful it can turn out!
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