I don't actually dread Valentine's Day. But I know that some people do. Most of the time, I look forward to it. It is, after all, the anniversary of when Kris and I began dating.
Today, for reasons I do not quite know fully, I was feeling very gloomy. And sad. And weepy. It was the first day I've had like that since I starting taking my medicine again. But I am thankful that every day isn't like that anymore! As the day went on, my mood improved.
Valentine's Day gets harder and harder to celebrate when you have a kid. And then a second. A third. And a fourth. It is MUCH harder to find a sitter on Valentine's Day. You'd have to essentially pay a nanny for the night, which we can't do.
So Kris and I celebrated our special day yesterday. Kris' mom watched the kids for us and we started off by having lunch at 3 Margaritas. It is our new favorite Mexican place, located in Fenton, MO in a strip mall. The food is excellent and the prices JUST RIGHT. We took our annual Valentine's Day camera photo. What I meant to say was just "picture" but that is what came out and I thought I would let you be amused by it.
Next, we went to one of my favorite places...the casino! I love penny slots. Usually we will go in with just $20 to play on. And sometimes we can last for hours...if we're winning. We haven't had much luck the last few times we've gone. I suppose it was our turn. Because Kris knows I like the casino and it was a special occasion, we got to take in $40 this time. We were down $4 when we happened upon the "lucky" machine. So, the machine said we had $16, when we got a bonus. A really GOOD bonus. This is how it ended up:
So, we immediately cashed out and pocketed $80. That's $40 a piece, you know! I was pretty excited. Then we use the $38 we had left of our $40 and played for a couple more hours. We didn't end up leaving with more than just the $80, but I love nights like that when we actually leave with money. It's not a lot to some people...since people go in with hundreds, even thousands of dollars. But for those of us who go in with smaller amounts and bid 5-25 cents at a time, it's a pretty big deal!
Then we decided we would go see a movie. We looked at the list of movies currently playing and settled on "Just Go With It". I'll tell you what...I have LOVED every single romantic comedy that Adam Sandler has starred in. This one was no exception. It was SO good!! We had a really, really nice day together, without the kids.
We drove the kids to school today, then listened to The Shining on the way to work. It was kinda creepy, because we had been listening apart from one another, until I realized that it scared me too much to listen by myself. I had gotten about an hour ahead of Kris, give or take a few minutes. Today when we were talking about where we left off, it sounded like we were really close to one another. This is where it got REALLY scary. I kid you not...we were in the EXACT same place, down to the SECOND! 3 hours, 29 minutes, and 29 seconds. It was really freaky! Very Stephen King-ish.
We went to lunch together and at the end of the day the flowers Kris ordered that morning finally arrived. I'm not a big "get me flowers all the time" girl...but I do like them once in a while. And I'm sure that Kris loves only having to get them every once in a while! They were beautiful. The card made me laugh though! It said "I love you! Thank you for 12 wonderful years." Here's the funny thing. It's been THIRTEEN years. So I have spent the entire day trying to figure out WHICH year he hated so much! ;-) It's been fun teasing him about it.
Since we were basically gone ALL day today, we took the kids to Arby's for Valentine's Day dinner, after Kat finished basketball practice at 7pm. We're going to really celebrate with a game night Saturday night after all the basketball games. Plus side? 50% off Valentine's Day merchandise, while it lasts!!
While we were at dinner, Livvy came up to me and I hugged her. Then she pressed her cheek up against mine and I told her I loved when she did that-it's my favorite thing that she and I share. She stayed there and wanted Kris to take a picture, which he did. Then she said "I wanted to do that cause it's Valentine's Day.
Emotional upheaval and all...I suppose overall I had a good Valentine's Day or two. Do you have any good or not-so-good stories to share?
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