How will you spend the evening of Valentine's Day?

In My Humble Opinion
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I never participate in these threads, because I never have anything fun to post. But this year, I believe I can preemptively top anyone else’s plans.

My original plan was to have dinner with my mother at her assisted living facility. It was billed as a “dinner-dance,” but given that virtually all of the residents are on walkers or in wheelchairs, not sure how that would work. My mother has never been very social, and her comment was, “I don’t want to go to any dinner.” :rolleyes: Whatever.

But those exciting plans were derailed by the gastroenterologist who ordered a colonoscopy for the next day. Oh joy. So Tuesday night I will be guzzling GoLyteLy* with the expected result. Good times.

Sigh.

I’d still like to hear what others have planned for the evening (even though I know I have everyone beat). :slight_smile:
*Would Truman Capote have objected to the colonoscopy prep solution being named after his heroine?

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Wow. That is going to be hard to beat. :eek:

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I’ll be in the hospital recovering from a kidney transplant, G-d willing.

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Nothing. We don’t observe greeting card days, so we’ll likely be watching something we recorded.

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Just another school night for us. My husband and I are going to a nice sushi place for lunch that day, while the kid is in school.

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Well, since ThelmaLou made it a bit of a challenge…

I’ll be home taking care of my very sick husband, doing things like draining urine collection bags and tending nephrostomy tubes. With luck, though, we will avoid the chemotherapy-induced explosive diarrhea that particular night.

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Watching TV like we always do. weve never treated it as anything more than any other day. I guess we will give each other cards at breakfast, but if one or both of us forget it’s no big deal.

It’s never been anything I’ve really cared about since high school when student council sold flowers for 50¢ or something, and some girls would walk around with bouquets of flowers while others had nothing.

Ah, high school.

Such fun times.

I was one of the girls with no flowers.

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I’ll be working.

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I will at least be having some fun. I will be babysitting my 2 yr old and 9 mth old grandbabies so that mom and dad can go out for dinner and a movie.

I will be getting plenty of love, although not of the romantic kind.

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Alone at home, depressed.

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Go to work, come home, have dinner (my wife will probably eat earlier) and then go to sleep. Pretty much the same as any weekday.

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This will be the fifth year that we attend the Valentine’s dinner on base; they have a five course food-and-wine-pairing shindig every year that’s just fantastic. The better half is skipping class that night to attend, which I tried to talk him out of but he 1) really loves the tradition, and 2) really really hates his professor. :smiley:

We’ll raise a glass for anyone who would like us to! :slight_smile:

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I’ll be cleaning loose cats stools and vomit from random places in the house. My husband will clean the places I can’t get too. Pure romance!

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I recently returned to college and will be in my Death and Dying class. :smiley:

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Tuesday is a commuting day, so I’ll be getting up at 04:20, working in Seattle, and getting home around 18:30. We’ll probably just sit around watching TV. I got the Spousal Unit a card, and I’ll pick up a gift card for a store she likes. (I’ve been stuck in the house for a week, due to snow, so I haven’t gotten her anything yet.) She let slip she got me a present.

She took me to dinner last night to Black Forest Steak House. We split an order of escargots for starters. Only six, but almost as good as mine this time. I had one of their excellent bacon-wrapped filet mignons, and she had duck confit on a portobello mushroom and mashed potatoes. We shared a bottle of 14 Hands Hot to Trot.

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Well, this is a pretty high-flying party crowd. :rolleyes:

Honey, I’m so sorry. :frowning: I hope it’s an uneventful evening for y’all.

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I hope it goes smoothly for you and the person you are receiving the kidney from. :slight_smile:

Sorry to hear that so many people are having a rough time this year. Compared to what some of you are going through, I really have nothing to complain about. I hope that all y’all have a better St. Patty’s Day. :slight_smile:

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Sounds like a great way to spend the day! Congrats.
I get a pass on Valentine’s Day since my Colombiana Mrs Iggy doesn’t celebrate it. Instead I have to be on notice for Día de Amor y Amistad (Day of Love and Friendship) later in the year.

My first introduction to Día de Amor y Amistad was after a lot of overt hinting. She’d say things like “You know what Saturday is, right?” And of course I knew what is was… it was my birthday!

Saturday rolls around and we spend the day waiting for each other to say or do something. She didn’t remember it was my birthday. And I had never heard of the Colombian holiday. Nice!

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I’m going full in this year:

Scented candles, back rubs, and… cheeses. (What can I say, she likes cheeses)
Her daughters are going to help me fix the place up while she is at work. Then daughters are going to spend the night elsewhere (with their BFs). So she will be coming home to a night of pampering.

And of course, until she gets home that evening, she’s going to think I forgot Valentine’s Day again.

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lavenderviolet and Iggy, thanks for the good wishes. I feel extremely fortunate that a willing matching donor was found for me, and I am thrilled to be spending the day receiving this most precious gift.