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Today is Valentine's Day, and while I may be at home alone, I am far from sad or depressed, in fact I'm quite the opposite. I'm completely content and happy. This may be because I had a nice Valentine's evening yesterday, as it was moved up a day due to circumstance.

Yesterday I worked 7am to 1:30pm, and it was a relaxing day. A day of cleaning and prep... it went by quickly and I didn't feel stressed. I came home and had a lunch, a sandwich and bowl of chips to get my by until dinner. Bekki finished her midterm early, as she was originally intending to come over around 7pm or later, she arrived earlier, around 6pm.

So the plan for the night was this: Bekki wanted to treat me to a dinner, a romantic experience to say the least, but she wasn't confident in her ability to prepare the meal, and it would be more fun to do it together, so the idea was she would bring the food (which was kept a secret from me essentially) and I would prepare the meal (showing her how I do it, as I go). She showed up with the most beautiful piece of organic beef tenderloin, which I cut into two steaks, potatoes to make mashed potatoes and portabello mushrooms. I had vegetables already, so I just used my asparagus, green beans and baby carrots. We also split a bottle of red wine (Fuzion), and dinner was amazing. The beef was melt in your mouth awesome, so good that words can't describe it's super awesomeness.

I had to work early the next day (today), so I didn't have much time, since we had dinner so late, it only left a couple hours of free time, so I suggested we watch a movie, you know... that thing that's almost always enjoyable? I suggested Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, one of my favorite movies, and one of the most romantic movies ever. I can't explain properly just how much this movie touches me, means to me. I see so much in it, it stands for so much and tries to explain so much and I feel it's an extremely important movie for anyone to see, anyone with half a brain. We watched the movie, drank that wine and enjoyed each other's company... after the movie was over we talked for a bit, and eventually I had to go to sleep.

The positive side was that the night was awesome and I felt great, the negative side was it was about 1am and I had to wake up at 5am, so... yeah, there's that. Shit happens... I knew I was going to be tired today, but I'd say it's worth it.

I woke up at 5:10am, dead tired, but I got up, and made breakfast (which was just toast and lemonade, yeah.. that's right, no coffee for me). I was pretty much ready to go and it was about 5:40am... to catch the bus I'd have to leave the house around 6am, but for whatever reason, be it my tiredness, or just wanting to spend more time with Bekki, but I reset my alarm for 6:30am and got back in to bed, deciding to take a cab. Once I was back up, I got a text from Julie offering me a ride, so that worked out perfectly.

Work was not as relaxing today as it was the day before... we were short a staff member, and the way it worked out.. Julie was stuck in the cafe due to stupid circumstances, so I was alone to prep a buffet for 70 and an asian lunch... it was stressful and chaotic, and I was worried it would be done in time. I had to carve, which you know... is stupid... standing there slicing beef for old men. Anyway... after lunch there was a lot of cleaning and a lot of trying to figure out what to do until 3pm.

Bekki met me at the bus stop on the way home, and rode with me for a few stops, before leaving me to go study, and I made my way home. Once home I had a snack, and fell asleep on the couch promptly after sitting down. I slept for quite a bit, until around 6:30pm or so, and I woke up freezing cold.. like so cold I wanted to wrap myself in blankets or something, it was terrible. I made spaghetti for dinner right away, and ate it while watching Jimmy Fallon. Afterward I programmed for awhile, working on a money/budget/expense tracking project I've started, until about 8:30pm or so, at which point I started to play Bioshock 2.

It was nice... I was just sitting on the couch, feeling content and happy and great, playing a game, relaxed, not anxious... it was awesome. It is awesome. I'm just watching Hancock now, after I had my bath, and writing. I've got the next two days off, so I don't have to be in bed by any time, but I woke up early this morning, so I'm pretty tired. Tomorrow my Mom is coming over for dinner and then we're going to see Dallas Green, and Thursday Bekki and I are going to go to the movies and then have a nice rack of lamb for dinner. The next two days should be great, here's hoping that happens.

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