We're an Old Married Couple at 24

While Brandon and I were in college we would often stay up till 3 AM and then get up for a full day at 7 AM. The lack of sleep while our love was blossoming never seemed to bother us. Those days are long gone and we often find ourselves in bed between 9:30 and 10 PM. Although we may pillow talk for a little while it is a rare occasion that we say goodnight after 11PM. We both understand that we're still young and should be getting out and having fun; however, we really do enjoy our quiet evenings at home with just us and the dog.

Last Saturday night, as we do on most nights, around 9:45 PM we prepared for bed. We both crawled into bed exhausted from the late night before (1AM) and were ready to call it a night. We laughed and chatted, tickled and giggled before finally deciding to say goodnight. Out of no where my stomach growled and with full intentions of getting up and getting some milk and cookies I mentioned to Brandon that I was hungry. He conferred that he was too and then told me that Waffle House sounded really good. After thinking for a second I realized that it DID sound really good, really, really good!

We looked at the clock and saw that it was 10:45 and neither of us were dressed; Brandon asked if I want to get up and go. Unsure if I had enough energy for it I said nothing and laid there contemplating if it would be worth it. The more I thought about it the better it sounded and we laid there in silence for almost 10 minutes before Brandon gave me a nudge and told me to get up.

Laughing at how silly we felt for getting out of bed for Waffle House, and how when in college we would have done this in a heartbeat, we got dressed and got in the car. Both of us with our hair a mess and in raggedy clothes; although, neither of us cared what we looked like, we seemed to fit in with the small town crowd that filled the booths. As it turned out Brandon was right, Waffle House was an awesome idea and totally hit the spot. The best part was we got in, ate, and got out with in an hour and were back in bed before midnight.