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happy valentine's day

i can definitely go back and forth on this one, but i think i like valentine's day.

awwww man! rent gets me every time. i'm not a person to splurge much, except for the flight that you'll read about in a minute, but that's for my family. anyway back to the splurges. i would totally splurge on a ticket to rent. i just love that show. it might be my fav live performance. if not my fav, very very close to the top. the movie just doesn't do it justice folks. oh but live.... i think i remember crying during this part the first time i saw it live. when karen & i took an impromptu trip to the fox and we were so happy with ourselves when we said "best available" seats (mom & dad treated...and we rehearsed what to say with dad before going). good memories.

sorry back to valentine's day...

this year the part that pulled me most towards the positive end was in mass they did a blessing of all married couples and had them stand up and hold hands and look at each other. i was watching this one older couple (70ish) looking deeply into each others eyes with like a 'i'm totally in love with you' smile, like they just got married yesterday. it made me melt a little bit just watching...i was definitely smiling just watching the two of them do a little renewal of vows or whatever.
precious.

i also love watching people walking to their sweeties with gifts in tow. you can just tell by their face. it's like nervous excitement anticipation. it's adorable. i really don't think all the gifts and glam are necessary, but i love their expressions none the less.

i will be sad to see the valentine's day decorations that have been up for over a month at the Roosevelt stop go away. they always made me laugh and cheered me up a little.

i celebrated by watching the notebook over the weekend, catching up with my longest friend (a pretty intense and wonderful catch-up session), and getting a special valentine's day concoction at my fav place coffee and tea exchange. i hope you celebrate in a special way too!

i think i need some family love so i'm planning a trip home to the fam. i just got the tickets last night. i've been debating awhile about going home the last weekend of feb. because karen's hosting a bachelorette party for one of her high school friends. but. i get this saturday off since i'm working today so i'll have more time this weekend (3-day weekend). and a lot is happening with my grandmas. my 96 year old grandma is not doing well. (that may be an understatement actually). then this week my other grandma went into the hospital with a viral infection. man oh man. last week was the week of a sense of dread if my phone rang or checking email. i literally got an email with the subject "grandma c." which was bad and "grandma rottler" later in the week. also bad.
yes, i think i need some family love.

i'm off to work. today is the first day of my program park voyagers. i'm so excited to see how it goes. even if it does involve having a strange schedule for the next month and a half.

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