I bet your Valentines Day was better than mine!
ok.. so get this.. jer and i have been having a sort of rough time here lately so i thought that Valentines day, you know, seeing as how it is the one day set aside from all the rest to show the one person in your life how much they mean to you would be a wonderful time for us (granted that you should do it more often but...). WRONG!! let me start by saying that i like to plan this sort of thing at least a week or two in advance for any little mishaps i might have over looked to ensure the most romantic, lovable night possible. My husband on the other hand is the "oh shit v. day is tomorrow?" kinda guy. get the picture. yeah, i know i should have seen it coming. i mean he has already botched my b.day this year why not throw in valentines day as well. at least he remembered it this year!! (another day, another story) ANYWAY, last year while he was over seas and we were emailing back and forth, he described to me his idea of a romantic night. i thought this would be a perfect time to act that out. so i made a cd with all the songs from artists he had mentioned in the email. i planed to make a nice meal complete with wine candles and me in a certain dress that he likes. i baked him cookies (that actually burned while i was talking to kate) in the shapes of little hearts and the word "love". i had picked out cards for him from myself and our babies, i bought him a little gift and a box of chocolates. i thought this night was going to be nice, quiet and romantic. Nothing special....... well, i have the cd playing when he walkes in to the house after work. i meet him all fixed up in my little dress with a glass of wine for him. he says hello puts down his bag and proceeds to walk to the kitchen where i have the little display of the cookies, cards and present. i knew i was in trouble when he turned around without a smile and said "do you mind if we do valentines day tomorrow?" !!!!!!!! the man not so much as got me a card that you could've gotten from a gas station for $1.00!!!!WTF!!!!!! i swallowed that as nicely as i could and insisted that he proceed with his wonderful shower of affection as i suffered the drought that he so nicely provided me! he had made a big deal over the screw driver that you can change bits for with out having to load or what ever, some guy thing i guess.well that is the present i got him. when he opened it he ahhed over it for a second and looked at me once more with that damn look guys get when they don't know if they are about to screw up but they are going to take a chance anyway, you know the look? well it turns out the one i bought, although it has a better concept for the design it is not as small as the craftsman so he would like to know if I can not take this back and exchange it for the proper screw driver... This too, i swallow, with my dignity hanging by a thread. i turn to go make dinner and he insists that he is not that hungry and that we should "just snack" tonight. i told him about the meal i had in mind and his reply is only "no but thank you"!! by this time i am thinking this has got to be a joke he just wants to see me get all upset and cry and then he will go to his truck and bring in flowers or candy or for God's sake a card at least. but no, nothing ever comes. we end up playing a computer game together back to back until about 7:30 when he starts to raid the fridge. i make myself a personal pizza and he gets a bagel, i thought maybe we would watch tv like any other night but no! This night is special! we have our dinner ALSO back to back while playing our computer game. the game lasted until about 10:30 (he cheated btw!!!!) so we get ready to go to bed. maybe i will get lucky and get some. although now i don't know how in the world i wanted it last night! he gets into bed faces the wall and says "i love you" (that is code for turn off your light and good night in this house) that was our valentines day! so i thought to day i would maybe get flowers or at least a card but NOPE!!! Nothing! i mean how hard is it take some copy paper out of the copy machine and scribble i love you happy valentines day??!! i mean he didn't even have to use colored ink! i would have been happy with black or blue or hell! a pencil would have done the trick! i mean am i asking to much here!! really?! i could strangle him right now! if it wasn't for kate and my mom i would have gotten NOTHING!! how depressing is that? ok i think i will just go digg a hole.. or get some chocolate that i bought for myself on clearance since all the good boyfriends and husbands have already gotten their special someone something to let them know that they are loved! hmm. pitty part for lissa! this is gonna be a good one!