Feb 16, 2005 22:05
So i had to work on valentines day but that did'nt stop me. I set up a table in the drop in zone and started (with the help of cheap yet decent child labor) cutting out tiny little pink red purple and white hearts. The kids and i worked for two hours just cutting out hearts. Then on about half the hearts i wrote adjectives describing Ann. I told Ann to come in to work 10 minutes before i got off and that she should page me as soon as she got to the Y. So she paged me and i positioned the kids before walking up to the front desk to greet her. i held her hand and walked back to the drop in zone, where i gave the signal and the kids encircled us and showered us with all the hearts that we had been making. there must have been at least 1000+. Ann was so suprised and excited she almost started crying. It was by far the best ever, especially since i had someone meaningful to spend valentine's day with this year. The hardest part was cleaning up all the hearts off the floor, when i worked today i found them still behind some games and a couple on the floor.
The whole thing was picture perfect, sweet, and very romantic.