WP, My first adventure with GAL and actually going out ended in accusations of having a boyfriend and throwing my good time in his face. I don't know if that would be considered successful.
I go on playdates with my friends and kids, I've taken up running again, I am singing in the church band. I have a hard time doing too much, because I feel guilty about the babysitter thing. I am working on getting past that. I have definitely worked on doing fun things with the kids during the days we are home and I know H is jealous about that.
I'm glad to hear that you have some plans in place for the weekend.