actually updating
I have long been a Valentine's Day scrooge, and I certainly understand how much that day can suck for single people and recently dumped people, since I have been both more times than I can count. This year, though, I am glad to report that I had the best V-Day I can remember having. I got surprised at work by a bunch of my favorite flowers from an awesome guy. Later, I went to a party that was too much fun to miss, for those of you who did. I felt loved on all sides, sigh.
The one dark mark on my day was getting back in touch with an old friend, only to find out that her cancer has come back for the third? or fourth? time. She's only in her thirties, and she's been through so much medical crap already, I can't believe she has to go through it again. I think I also feel guilt because I haven't been there for her the last couple times, since we don't live close to each other anymore. She's a great person, incredibly sweet, beautiful, and charismatic, so she has plenty of people who want to help take care of her, and a wonderful husband, but I still feel that I shirked my duties as a friend by not being around. hm, misplaced guilt, probably, since we all have our own paths to take, but something I just need to deal with, I guess.
Anyways, I still feel elated today, even through the slight headache I had this morning, and sometimes instead of just complaining about what's wrong, I need to appreciate what is just so right in my life.
The one dark mark on my day was getting back in touch with an old friend, only to find out that her cancer has come back for the third? or fourth? time. She's only in her thirties, and she's been through so much medical crap already, I can't believe she has to go through it again. I think I also feel guilt because I haven't been there for her the last couple times, since we don't live close to each other anymore. She's a great person, incredibly sweet, beautiful, and charismatic, so she has plenty of people who want to help take care of her, and a wonderful husband, but I still feel that I shirked my duties as a friend by not being around. hm, misplaced guilt, probably, since we all have our own paths to take, but something I just need to deal with, I guess.
Anyways, I still feel elated today, even through the slight headache I had this morning, and sometimes instead of just complaining about what's wrong, I need to appreciate what is just so right in my life.