Oopsy. This is what happens…I get lazy. 😉
I made cupcakes yesterday, just because. They’re devil’s food with homemade cream cheese frosting (colored pink) and finished with a cinnamon imperial heart in the middle. I sent them to work with Rand.
Also, I finally posted this in my etsy shop:
$10 plus shipping, if you’re interested!
I was subbing at a middle school today, and during one of my free periods toward the end of the day, I heard…singing.
I went out into the hall to see what it was, and one of the teachers was being serenaded by this barbershop quartet. It attracted quite a crowd. 😉
Hope you are all having a lovely Valentine’s Day, whether or not you’re being serenaded. 😉
I woke up this morning feeling yucky…sinusy, stuffy-headed, scratchy-throat yucky. I’ve never been so happy to be able to just shut off my phone and sleep in.
But now I’m in a quandary…Rand and I had reservations for a nice dinner tonight since I had to work last night (teaching my class at the college). But even though I’m up and about and feeling okay, I’m wondering if maybe it wouldn’t be a better idea to hold off until next week.
🙁
There are places I’ll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I’ve loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more
So yes, Valentine’s Day was simply lovely…Rand and I had dinner at Rue Franklin. We started with some appetizers…mine was a tasty pasta dish with rabbit (yes, rabbit) and bacon, and about a pound of butter. He had an arugala salad and also some sea scallops (I’m almost sold on sea scallops…this is the second time I’ve tried his, and they were quite yummy…). For dinner, we both had the filet mignon, which was absolute perfection. I had a chocolate raspberry truffle tort for dessert. Mmmm…
*my apologies to my dear roommie for not sharing details, but the first time I saw her afterwards, she was half sleeping, and so I just gave her the bare-bones description!*
Our waiter was someone I actually recognized…a couple of years ago, Jen and I went to karaoke at the Tudor Lounge and spent most of the night talking to this guy. He went up and simply rocked “Rock the Casbah.”
“I think I know our waiter,” I told Rand.
Before we left, I stopped him and asked if he’d ever done karaoke at the Tudor Lounge. He got a sheepish grin on his face and said “Yeah.”
“Okay, that’s how I know you,” I said. Hee!
After we’d ordered our meal, Rand asked me if I noticed how the wait staff is trained to stroke the man’s ego…I hadn’t. “When you ordered,” he told me, “he just kind of nodded and said okay. But when I ordered, it was ‘Oh, yes, excellent choice sir.”
I did notice this when we ordered our dessert. Rand ordered fruit sorbet, followed up by “Yes, a perfect way to finish off.” Heh. Interesting things that I don’t notice…probably because I don’t do much fine dining. 😉
I also received a beautiful bouquet of roses.
I gave Rand this adorable little book:
And ordered a DVD that I knew he wanted. Unfortunately, the DVD hasn’t come in yet, so he got an IOU.
I also got him the “Romance” edition of magnetic poetry. To make it a little extra-special, I bought a magnetic dry erase board and wrote a little poem for him. It was a big hit. (Maybe I can get him to take a photo of it for me?) 🙂
(aside…how cool is magnetic poetry? and this? I didn’t even know there was such a thing!)
I hope everyone had a pleasant day!
More on my adventures in substitute teaching later…
What’s it like
when all your dreams come true?
When your life
is given something new
and you begin to live the way you’ve always wanted to?
Happy Valentine’s Day, baby! 😉
The other day, Rand and I were talking about Valentine’s Day, and I asked what he wanted to do…
“I made a reservation for six,” he said. “Does that work for you?”
Does it work?
I was shocked, in the most pleasant of ways.
You see, the entire time I was with X, he never planned anything. Not once. Not one Valentine’s Day, not one anniversary. I had to plan everything. And it’s not as if I have outrageous expectations…sometimes, a girl just wants to feel valued. Cherished. Important.
And I do. I really, really do. 😉
