halfway there

I wanted to do something special to celebrate the halfway point of Wes's chemo treatments.  I planned a mini stay-cation in downtown Salt Lake at Hotel Monaco.  I intended it to be one big surprise.  I kept it a secret up until the day we were supposed to leave.  I planned on packing Wes's bag and after we went out to dinner telling him we were staying the night.  But, the idea of having to pack all of his ostomy supplies and possibly forgetting something essential freaked me out and so I told him that afternoon so he could pack his own bag.  It was still a well received surprise.  I found a deal that included valet parking and breakfast at a hotel with some character. 

My mom came into town to watch the girls and we headed out for some sushi at Kyoto.  After dinner we strolled around downtown hand in hand.  We both had not been to city creek since it opened and decided to look around.  The crowds and germs were all a little too much, so we took a lovely walk to our hotel in the rain.  We loved our modern room and the location.

The nerd in us brought along the board game monopoly.  Little did I know that this simple activity would begin a months long addiction to monopoly for Wes.  He was obsessed with winning and that night I obliterated him (the secret is to get hotels on the light blue and pink properties and suck your opponent dry).  I think he was sweating he was so fiercely competitive. I love that we still find each other so hilarious and have the best time together.  We have never taken a night to ourselves away like that just because.  We have always had a reason to be away.  It was pure heaven.

After a night of no babies sleeping in our bed, we had breakfast at the restaurant inside hotel monaco called bambara.  It was delicious and who knew my favorite things would be the wheat toast.  Why have I never thought to put a little bit of olive oil and salt on my toast instead of butter and jam.  Cancer boy even enjoyed it, which is saying a lot these days.  We packed up and headed home having thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and ready to tackle the second half of chemo.