{"id":501,"date":"2013-04-24T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/24\/a-little-date"},"modified":"2013-04-24T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T06:33:00","slug":"a-little-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"A little date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p>on monday, james and i had a little impromptu date nite to our beloved &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bittersweetbistro.com\/\">bittersweet bistro<\/a>&#8216; \ud83d\ude42 it was more like a private dining experience because by 8:30, we were the only people left in the restaurant area (everyone else was in the bar)! we had it all to ourselves (<b>welcome to mayberry people<\/b>!). we talked life, work, future and the like.<\/p>\n<p>sometimes those sorts of conversations get me stressed out\u2014you know, all the\u00a0how will this ever work sort of questions\u00a0and before you know it, i&#8217;m an anxious wreck of a date.\u00a0<b>really funnnn&#8230; (not).\u00a0<\/b>but this night, i didn&#8217;t stress when we talked. it was so easy. so fun. so refreshing. i&#8217;m so thankful for the relationship i have with james. we have both been willing to\u00a0continually\u00a0grow and stretch in different ways for one another (and the growing pains just suck honestly).<\/p>\n<p>but the fruit!! oh baby, the fruit is so wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>the fruit of our lengthy discussions, figuring one another out, not giving up (don&#8217;t give up!). the fruit is in nights like these, where i can be a more wonderfully non-anxious version of myself, <b>learning to trust jesus, james and truly look forward to what&#8217;s ahead,<\/b> instead of overanalyze it to a pulp. thank god! oh yeah, and the bread pudding doesn&#8217;t suck (so good).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a9fb5-date.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a9fb5-date.jpg?w=224\" width=\"640\" height=\"850\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/47e85-date1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/855cd-date1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/fe19e-date2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/47e85-date1.jpg?w=300\" width=\"638\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>on monday, james and i had a little impromptu date nite to our beloved &#8216;bittersweet bistro&#8216; \ud83d\ude42 it was more like a private dining experience because by 8:30, we were the only people left in the restaurant area (everyone else was in the bar)! 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