*Sigh* Happy Valentine's Day

Haven't decided whether I totally love the holiday or not - however - I do believe it's an excellent opportunity to tell those you love that you love them.
This year I celebrated V-day twice! Once with Landon on Saturday night and then again at the Sami's on Sunday. A little embarressing actually - I called Mike on Saturday just to say hey - but he wasn't there - that was all! He called me back that night and I was out with Landon so I told him good luck cooking tomorrow and maybe I'd see him the next weekend. Sunday morning Maddie told me we got invited to the Valentine's day dinner at the Sami's. Monique had told her that Mr. Sami thought I was fishing for an invite! OMG HOW EMBARRESSING! If I had been I totally would of been like score, I got invited, ... however I was so embarressed because I had never tried to do that! So that was Sunday night - I went! So did Madds - a Sami dinner is always fun. However I really didn't need to eat that much - oh my goodness - so much food!! Dessert was good though - the little pastries with cream inside - SO GOOD. We had lots of wine - it was good too - actually looking back I had too much. Ithink I did something pretty embarressing. Uh oh.
Anyway, Saturday night with Landon was good - he made me dinner. A roast beef with asparagus in it (I love asparagus) and potatoes. It was a little low on the romance thing - we sat in his kitchen and he actually drank right out of the milk carton. But hey, the thought was there. I'm pmsing so today I called him and I was like "So, getting me a card is on your to do list, right?" ... I just want a card, him to say he loves me, in writing! lol, I'm a visual learner - the auditory part... mmm not so much, I'm a little slow with the tactile too - put it in writing!!! Of course with me on the phone he said "ya of course it's coming!" I called him later to verify what time he needed me to pick him up and he asked, "how important is a card to you?" *SIGH* Then he just asked if he could write a poem or something because he didn't want to spend the money on a blank card, and he didn't want to spend the money on a card that someone else wrote - I said that was even better! so we'll see. I wonder if he'll actually write one... My gift was a hair cut- it sounds wierd, but I needed one really badly - it was so nice to get pampered!

So right- my point. I like the whole romantic idea of Valentine's day -however, I agree that every day you should tell the people you love that you love them - but what's wrong with their being one designated day a year for that. One day that people can count on. Some guys aren't romantic at all, but on this one day a year they put the effort in, why? Because it's commercialized - it's like their pressured into it - which ya, might be crappy and a scam - but it can make someone feel special. And feeling special, even for just one day a year can really be awesome. I just think that Hallmark, the media, everything has given us this one day a year to have everything covered in hearts, to be pink and red and to show the people that you love them - so instead pushing it away because it's not 'real' why can't we embrace it and make it real?