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How I spent a night away at a hotel (without kids!)

Feb 9, 2022 · Leave a Comment

I’m pretty sure I have the best husband in the world. For my “push present” (if you’ve never heard of this, I had never heard of it until I had kids, it’s a present one gets for -quite literally- pushing out a baby, lol) for baby 4, he surprised me with a night away at a hotel…without kids. For fun I jotted down how I spent my night away, and took some pictures – as someone who has over forty thousand (no joke) photos on my phone and being a blogger, it’s what I do for fun.

room service food tray on hotel bed with laptop at night this image

The first night we brought our 4th kid home from the hospital, our 4 year old (Ben) woke us up more through the night than our newborn! With twins, a toddler and a newborn, a full nights’ sleep? What even is that? Our bedroom door sticks, so when Ben comes in the wood creeping sound alone jolts me awake. I wake with the sound of my kids’ rolling over in bed, I don’t need a monitor to alert me to a sound, although one sits on my husbands’ nightstand, and one on mine (gotta make sure the twins haven’t climbed out of their cribs!).

hotel night away with room service and cocktails upon arrival

At our old house we had a bedroom in the basement I could escape to. In our current house, my husband uses one of the bedrooms as an office (which shares a wall with the kids bedroom where one kid likes to tap his feet through and crib though) and there’s tons of windows and an unfinished basement, not so exactly somewhere I want to lay down my head.

painting nails, room service and a bath at a hotel

And and and, all this to say, when my husband said “I’ve booked you an overnight at a hotel and a spa appointment” 😱😭 I teared up.  My husband said the one thing I had to do was just relax and try to get a sleep (and really try to relax). So here’s how I spent my time:

  • I was greeted with a cocktail at check-in!
  • Ordered room service, food my kids would not touch (steak, rare, with greens and wings!)
  • Watched TV shows (Billions!) and listened to music – no Encanto blaring in the background lol.
  • Journaled and wrote some notes on big dreams – I try to journal a few minutes each morning, but that usually gets interrupted by kids and they doddle on the pages
  • Opened my computer and tried to catch up on emails, then realized that wasn’t relaxing so I stopped (I have over 500 non-junk emails, oh well!)
  • Painted my nails and had a long (uninterrupted) bath with a bath bomb I had brought!
  • Slept – kind of – I still woke up a bunch of times because hotel sounds and my body is probably used to waking up.
  • Enjoyed a massage – lol at the before + after, the masseuse didn’t say anything!

hair before and after a massage

About an hour in, I really missed the kids and Nick. I was kind of bored to be honest, but it was really nice to just not have to do anything kid or cleanup after someone related for a night…and quiet!!

I left Friday evening and came back Saturday before lunch. It wasn’t even a full 24 hours, but let me tell you, I came home super refreshed, recharged and full of gratitude. To all the men out there, or persons wanting to give the special mom in your life a gift, I highly highly highly recommend checking their schedule and then just booking them a night away!!

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