i love valentine's day. i always have. even before i had a valentine to celebrate it with, i adored the holiday. my love for this day likely stems from my love of love. i am a helpless, hopeless, humongous romantic. so, it is no wonder that the fact that there is an entire day devoted to celebrating love and romance and warm, fuzzy feelings thrills me completely. ...i love valentine's day. but this year, it did not love me back.
i won't go into all the dismal details. but i will say that all of the plans that nathan and i had plotted fell through. and all of the surprises that we had in store for one another got spoiled. everything that could go wrong did go wrong, and by midnight last night it became quite clear that valentine's day was not going to happen for the two of us. at least not the way we had hoped. but rather than stress and sulk (although, i admit, there might have been a bit of both on my part), nathan and i decided to wipe the slate clean and treat this fourtheenth of februrary like any other day of the year. of course, we still spent the day together. he and i whiled away the day in the kitchen. we cooked and baked, sang and danced, and laughed and laughed. it was a perfect mixture of work and play, and somewhere along the way a meal was made.*
in the end, it turned out that this valentine's day was much less about the day--the plans and the surprises--and much more about the valentine. i suppose that's the way it should have been all along. and the way it should be from here on out. that's not to say that i don't still love valentine's day. i do. but hopefully next year it will love me back. and even if it doesn't, i'm pretty sure i have a valentine that will. ...i love you, nathan! thanks for today, and every day you spend with me.
*the meal we made included orange chicken, rice, and broccoli. and for desert we made milky way cake. the chicken was surprisingly yummy. if ever i make it again, though, i'll be sure to add less orange zest and corn starch. as for the cake, it actually tasted nothing like milky ways. a bit peculiar? i think so. also a bit of a let down. oh well!
in the end, it turned out that this valentine's day was much less about the day--the plans and the surprises--and much more about the valentine. i suppose that's the way it should have been all along. and the way it should be from here on out. that's not to say that i don't still love valentine's day. i do. but hopefully next year it will love me back. and even if it doesn't, i'm pretty sure i have a valentine that will. ...i love you, nathan! thanks for today, and every day you spend with me.
*the meal we made included orange chicken, rice, and broccoli. and for desert we made milky way cake. the chicken was surprisingly yummy. if ever i make it again, though, i'll be sure to add less orange zest and corn starch. as for the cake, it actually tasted nothing like milky ways. a bit peculiar? i think so. also a bit of a let down. oh well!
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