One step at a time...

[mousme]

Okay, morning freakout is over. Many thanks to everyone who was nice to me and patted me and said "there-there" while I spazzed out. Many thanks especially to toughlovemuse for talking me down from the well-known metaphorical ledge and for letting me whine to her about very trivial things.

I keep trying to remind myself that growth is an organic process, and that I can't rush it. One step at a time, and sometimes you have to take a few steps backward in order to find your balance again.

Work kept me busy, which is good. I'm now tired as all get-out, and going to bed soon.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. That means pulling out the shovel and preparing to dig out the car, since there's going to be sixteen feet of snow according to the forecast. I shall be spending the evening treating car alarms. Now that's what I call romance. :)

I am probably going to make myself unpopular by mentioning that I like Valentine's Day. The same way I like Christmas and Easter and Hallowe'en and Thanksgiving. Yes, the holiday is overly commercial and may have been invented by Hallmark for all I know, and no it's not a good excuse not to be loving the other 365 days of the year. However, humans are fallible creatures, prone to forgetting important things like maintaining relationships. So it's nice to A) have a day that celebrates love in general, and B) to have a gentle reminder that, hey, since you love your girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband/significant other/fuckpuppet, why not do something special to remind said girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband/significant other/fuckpuppet of that?

What can I say? I'm just a romantic in pragmatist's clothing.

Comments

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Well then, Happy Valentine's day mousme ! I'll be up early to ski to the market to get champagne for a *champagne and heart shaped pancakes with maple syrup breakfast* for my wife.

[joane.livejournal.com]

Happy Valentine's Day! So nice to have a fellow romantic amongst the cynics. ;)

[pasley.livejournal.com]

I'm cynical only about the commercialism, not about the lovin' sentiments. Just made heart-shaped pancakes for the family. Got a nice reaction, since they were expecting cereal!
Happy Saint Valentine's day!!
Hug someone you love.
xox

[pasley.livejournal.com]

The "fuckpuppet" reference does, in fact, make you somewhat cynical, you know! ;)

[luvenditti.livejournal.com]

happy valentine's day!

[karine.livejournal.com]

Joyeuse St-Valentin! And I agree with you completely.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

It's a geekish joke. A reference to "Six Feet Under." :)

[pasley.livejournal.com]

Yup, I got the reference. :)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. I never know which of my friends knows what reference, so I tend to play it safe. :)

[pasley.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think that's really considerate of you; there are always so many inside references going on with this group, that I often feel quite out of the loop. I think it's always polite to translate, even if it doesn't turn out to be necessary!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Tru, dat. I usually ask if I don't understand, but sometimes it doesn't always get explained. So I try to explain as much as possible, supposing the person actually wants to hear it. ;)

[urban-homestead.livejournal.com]

Happy Valentine's Day!

I love all holidays and commercialism doesn't bother me one bit. On the other hand. Valentine's Day can be depressing for people who wish they had more romance, either because they're unwillingly single, or because their partner needs some help in the romance department. So I tend not to go around trumpeting this particular holiday except with people whom I know to be receptive. :)

[rosy1.livejournal.com]

hey, since you love your girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband/significant other/fuckpuppet, why not do something special to remind said girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband/significant other/fuckpuppet of that?

I am so ordering a t-shirt with that on it! :)