midday on february 14th, hopped up on gobs of valentine chocolates, i was going to sit down and write something, but i wasn\u2019t able to sit still in order to focus. just a little too wired. kevin gave me some good gifts including jon stewart\u2019s book, and a small and reasonable box of chocolates. but then at work the only guy at the office gave all the women EACH a box of chocolates. a pretty big box. my first thought was to TAKE IT HOME AND FREEZE IT, to keep it out of my own way. but almost concurrent was the thought I\u2019LL OPEN IT RIGHT NOW AND HAVE JUST ONE PIECE.<\/p>\n
of course i opened it. of COURSE i had more than one piece. <\/p>\n
later in the day i had no energy for writing because of my post-sugar crash.<\/p>\n
but what a fine way to crash.<\/p>\n
we went out to dinner and it was fun to get dressed up, but the restaurant, mariah\u2019s, was of course packed with people. even though we had a reservation we had to wait to sit down. the thing that was amazing was the number of people pouring in the door who hoped to get a table WITHOUT RESERVATIONS. at least ten different people came in and asked about the wait (45 minutes at least) and then slunk out, abashed. i wanted to yell at them as they left IT\u2019S VALENTINE\u2019S DAY YOU MORONS YOU NEED A RESERVATION!<\/p>\n
but i didn\u2019t, because i was all dressed up. no point in making a scene when wearing fancy stockings.<\/p>\n
the food was delicious, but the service was somewhat painfully slow, and i watched a couple seated across from us. as opposed to the title character in “juno,” the brash, wisecracking pregnant teenager, this young woman was just…lumbering. she and her boyfriend just sat there mostly, not talking much and slurping their cokes. they made teen pregnancy look not fun at all.<\/p>\n
the restaurant\u2019s manager, a very friendly guy, told us that valentine\u2019s day is the third most popular day at the restaurant. first is mother\u2019s day, second is new year\u2019s eve. hmm. have we ever taken mom out for mother\u2019s day? i definitely can\u2019t recall ever going out to eat for that holiday. nor for new year\u2019s eve.<\/p>\n
and even though it was nice to not cook, i think it would be even nicer to stay home and have something delicious, without the crowds of people. <\/p>\n
or, of course, there\u2019s the option of being someplace WARM AND FABULOUS, like amy and jim were.<\/p>\n
shadow continues to be a very good dog. it\u2019s fun to have two dogs instead of one, but i doubt that mollie would be happy if she had to give up being an only dog. the cats are trying enough for her.<\/p>\n
i\u2019m going to POST MY BARACK OBAMA MUSIC VIDEO on youtube today, maybe even on this site. we only need to work on the musical accompaniment that kevin recorded for me yesterday, editing it to fit the video.<\/p>\n
i\u2019ll let you know when it\u2019s up.<\/p>\n
ok then,<\/p>\n
sunday morning grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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