Funny (weird) Valentine
I need to keep my mind off the menstrual cramps and the TeeVee won't let me forget that it's Valentine's Day (I have no proof that the knowledge is exacerbating the pain, none at all). I'm chronically single and not the biggest fan of the holiday but even I have to admit there have been some good ones.
Valentine's Day two years ago was the first time my nephew really let me help him with his homework. I had just moved in to my sister's household at the beginning of the month and he was still very guarded around me. He was in the 5th grade and he had to make a Valentine's mailbox for himself and a card for each person in his class. The table was full of construction paper and markers and cute stickers and one very unhappy kid. He thought the assignment was stupid and he didn't want to do it but it had to be done perfectly. He wanted my sister's help but was afraid she would make things too girly. She was afraid she'd misspell something, so she asked me to join them. I told him I thought the assignment was silly. That shocked him enough to let me help and eventually we had cards that were colorful enough to look good that were not predominantly pink or red. We used tinfoil (very manly) to cover the box and I think we decided to purposefully put some stickers on upside-down. He was pretty happy with the result. It was the begining of a beautiful friendship. &hearts
Valentine's Day about 11 years ago (damn!) in grad school I shared an office with 6 guys (guess who cleaned out the fridge). Somebody bought a ginormous bag of those heart shaped candies with the little messages on them and there was this unvoiced expectation that I - The Girl - would appreciate this. But they're not chocolate and I have no time for non-chocolate based candies so I pretty much ignored them. Then the one dude I did hang out with and sort of had a crush on started eating them by the handfuls and he carefully picked out every single one with a negative or teasing message and walked them over to my desk individually. He kept at it for about the 3 days that it took him to eat them all. It was ridiculous and made me smile and I ate almost all the ones he gave me.
There was also that time about 7 years ago when my roommates were pretending they weren't dating each other and insisted the 3 of us go out together. HA! It was ridiculously uncomfortable but the food was really good. Thai food. I am capable of serious tunnel vision when sufficiently inspired.
That does it. I'm going to raid the fridge for chocolate. Cacao! Yes, I watch Portlandia.
Valentine's Day two years ago was the first time my nephew really let me help him with his homework. I had just moved in to my sister's household at the beginning of the month and he was still very guarded around me. He was in the 5th grade and he had to make a Valentine's mailbox for himself and a card for each person in his class. The table was full of construction paper and markers and cute stickers and one very unhappy kid. He thought the assignment was stupid and he didn't want to do it but it had to be done perfectly. He wanted my sister's help but was afraid she would make things too girly. She was afraid she'd misspell something, so she asked me to join them. I told him I thought the assignment was silly. That shocked him enough to let me help and eventually we had cards that were colorful enough to look good that were not predominantly pink or red. We used tinfoil (very manly) to cover the box and I think we decided to purposefully put some stickers on upside-down. He was pretty happy with the result. It was the begining of a beautiful friendship. &hearts
Valentine's Day about 11 years ago (damn!) in grad school I shared an office with 6 guys (guess who cleaned out the fridge). Somebody bought a ginormous bag of those heart shaped candies with the little messages on them and there was this unvoiced expectation that I - The Girl - would appreciate this. But they're not chocolate and I have no time for non-chocolate based candies so I pretty much ignored them. Then the one dude I did hang out with and sort of had a crush on started eating them by the handfuls and he carefully picked out every single one with a negative or teasing message and walked them over to my desk individually. He kept at it for about the 3 days that it took him to eat them all. It was ridiculous and made me smile and I ate almost all the ones he gave me.
There was also that time about 7 years ago when my roommates were pretending they weren't dating each other and insisted the 3 of us go out together. HA! It was ridiculously uncomfortable but the food was really good. Thai food. I am capable of serious tunnel vision when sufficiently inspired.
That does it. I'm going to raid the fridge for chocolate. Cacao! Yes, I watch Portlandia.