Our Special Evening

Thursday night, Brian had a special event to go to for work and he asked if I would be willing to go with him. Of course I told him I would. So we dressed up and headed out to Jonesboro for a not so fun reception for the Clayton county elected officials. It was one of those things you don't really want to do but you know you have to make an appearance, shake a few hands, yada yada yada. So we got to the place where they said they were holding the event and lo and behold, the doors were locked and everything was dark! Brian looks at me and says, "YES!!!" ! Then he thought maybe it was being held at the civic center so we drove over there and there were no lights on and no cars. There was no one we could call to figure out what was going on. Brian was so thrilled when he realized that we didn't have to go through with it. He yanked off his tie and said "now let's you and me go to a nice restaurant to eat since we're all dressed up. I'm so happy that you and I can have a nice evening out together!". So we went over to downtown McDonough and tried a restaurant we'd never been to before called Seasons. There weren't many people there so it was very quiet. They seated us in the back in these high back leather chairs close to the fireplace. We got fried risotto balls for appetizer along with bread. Then we ordered Autumn butternut squash soup---delicious. Brian had a Cornish game hen with the best mashed sweet potatoes I've ever tasted! The must have used a whole stick of butter! I ordered this great fish with vegetables. They took time bringing out each course so it wasn't rushed. It was incredibly relaxing. And what a treat---we thought we were headed out for a rather boring evening and it ended up being simply wonderful all the way around! That was a terrific birthday surprise for us both.