Kevin and I have started doing what we call unconventional dating. Dinner and a movie becomes less exciting when that is what you always do for dates so we have started thinking a bit out of the box (it also helps that Sam and Grace are now old enough to babysit for short periods of time. They are happy to do this since they are basically getting paid money to watch tv and not kill each other.)
So far our unconventional dating has included getting up early and hiking to Bountiful peak to watch the sun rise (actually really cool), watching the foreign film "The Lunch Box" via the internet after the kids are in bed (you can rent it for only 99 cents!) and then making naan bread the next day (we actually took this one on step farther and the following Monday I brought him awesome curry for lunch at work and he brought a banana to share. Watch the movie and you will appreciate how fun this was.)
This Saturday night we realized we hadn't spent time together and I hadn't gone for my run for the day yet. So at 8:30 pm, we left Sam and Grace in charge of Jonah, I put on my slightly warmer running clothes, Kevin loaded his bike onto our car, and together we headed off for Legacy Parkway bike and running path. When we got there Kevin turned on his bike lights and I ran next to him on the bike path. For the next four miles he biked and I ran by his side as we discussed a book I am reading about people who live life whole heartedly.
We finished up the run/bike and I was stretching a small distance from Kevin when a woman dressed from head to toe in black approached him. It looked like she was having car problems to me and Kevin pedaled off after her. I jogged over and realized there were 2 women dressed head to toe in black and they had a camera and were proceeding to have Kevin pose for a photo shoot. Mind you it is well past 9:30 at night and very dark, not at all an ideal photo shoot hour. She then took out a pocket light, pointed it at the camera and began to outline Kevin and his bike. She came back to the camera, hit the processing button, and there appeared Kevin and his bike of light! Since she was entirely in black the camera didn't see her at all even though she was moving all around in the picture.
We then had a lovely conversation with Gail and her daughter Niki. We found out Gail was in school at SLCC studying photography, and her 27 year old daughter would accompany her and be her model for the shoots. They showed us various photos they had taken over the last couple of nights and really were cool. We then discussed a bit about our lives and left hoping to run into each other again.
I had no idea there were so much potential for life after dark on a Saturday night A beam lit run, an intellectual conversation, and meeting a mother and daughter duo who were wandering the nights as well. It makes you wonder what you are missing when you choose to sit at home and rent another apple tv, show, because hey it's dark out there.
