My husband is out of town (fuck, out of the continent!) on a business trip, and since that project is a royal fuckup on the part of the company/project managers, he’s having to do about a month’s worth of work in a week, so I wasn’t able to talk to him today.
I’m bitter, because I thought I had plans with a friend, and for whatever reason, I can’t reach her, so I’m sitting here at home surfing the Dope with the TV on in the background.
I don’t care that much about Valentine’s day; we barely ever do anything more than we would any other day, but I am very pissed off at my friend, who was the one who asked me in the first place if I wanted to do something today!
And I’m low on food and don’t feel like cooking what I do have, so I’m hungry to boot.
I hate pink and red hearts, cherubs, bouquets of roses at triple the price, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, special Valentine dinners out and the rest.
However, a few years ago I read Storm Large (singer from West Coast who competed in Rock Star Supernova-- and was passed over):
Not that I don’t believe you, I do. But I’ll ask for cite just so when other people tell me I’m crazy I have something more than this message board to point them to.
(Yes, some people don’t take this place as an authority. heathens!)
I was all set to not like Valentine’s Day this year for a bunch of dumb reasons.
I even went so far last night as to get tanked at home by myself so I could feel especially sorry for myself, right?
Then my buddy called and he was all like, well, I know you’re home by yourself and I am too, why don’t you come over and watch TV? (He has cable and I don’t and I’ve been enjoying a lot of TV I never get to see.)
Anyhow so I was like, okay. Then we watched TV and I crashed on his couch because I was tired and tanked. When I woke up this morning the first thing he did was walk over and just put his hand on my head. It reminded me of the Blessing I got at the altar in church before I was old enough to take the Eucharist. He just didn’t say anything, just put his hand on my head. That was cool.
Then I started crying, for heaven’s sake. So he took me to Starbucks and got me a coffee and dropped me off at my apartment. He had to work today but we’re both off tomorrow so we might do something like go have lunch.
I know this is an I Hate Valentine’s Day thread and as I said, I have never liked Valentine’s Day but this one turned out to be not too bad.
Thanks. I feel a little better today. If I had more time I would’ve dug out my old MST3K tapes and watched till I fell asleep, like I used to do before I met my ex.