Wandering

It was a pretty low-key weekend. Hardly the babymoon the magazines talk about full of cliche romance, adventure and $$$. But it was the ideal trip for us, at this stage, for this month, right now. We went to Mimslyn Inn in Luray, VA. The Washington Post had a nice review of the place in early 2008, and we intended to go for our 2nd wedding anniversary in May but never made it due to morning sickness. (I was about 6 weeks along in early May.) Mimslyn Inn Take 2 turned out just fine.

Luray is a simple place. Waitresses in Luray look at you funny if you ask for skim milk or whole wheat bread. People in Luray eat dinner before 6 p.m. And most of the restaurants still have smoking sections that are inches away from the non-smoking section. The Luray Caverns are the main tourist destination along with the Skyline drive and Shenandoah National Park. We hit neither. Instead, we took it easy, visited a pumpkin patch, got massages at the hotel and watched a little Sunday football.

The Inn was recently renovated, and the staff is still working out the kinks. Our attempt to order room service on day 1 was successful; day 2 not so successful. I hit Uncle Buck’s restaurant on my morning walk and picked us up some bagels (white bread) with oatmeal (and whole milk) instead of the hotel’s breakfast menu. The inn was booked for the weekend (45 rooms) due to the Page County Heritage Festival (we didn’t hit that either), and even with reservations made in early September, we got a handicap room (though they did know I was pregnant, so maybe…). It was still very nice and perhaps even more spacious than the normal size. We played The Office – a stupid board game designed around the television show that we ditched and played with the trivia cards instead. Quite fun after we made necessary revisions.

Overall, the weekend accomplished the purpose for which it was designed: great conversation with my husband, little talk of baby, good sleep, good food, and good fall weather.

83 days left until the due date. Sixty-nine percent of my pregnancy has passed, and there is 31% left to go. Those pregnancy web sites are so very helpful. What am I not appreciating? What should I be savoring? My husband is watching a re-run of CSI, I am grading exams, the kitchen needs to be cleaned… ahh…how great the married life is before one has children.  These are the days.