V-Day

So Mike and I decided that we weren't really going to do too much for Valentine's Day this year since we have the wedding coming up and a lot of our money is going towards that.  To be completely honest I had forgotten all about Valentine's Day and found myself in Hallmark the day before with about a dozen other men looking for the "perfect" card.  It was actually pretty funny listening to the jokes they were all cracking and then seeing me in this sea of last minute men shoppers.  I feel like the older I have gotten the less concerned I have become with Valentine's Day.  The flowers and stuff are nice and I greatly appreciate what Mike gives me, but I'm one that tends to think it's overrated. Mike does plenty throughout the year to show me how much he cares about me, I don't need one silly day a year for him to prove that he loves me when he does it everyday =)  I honestly wasn't expecting anything from him besides maybe a card but when I woke up and walked out into the kitchen that morning before work he had this sitting there for me!

I was totally surprised and of course loved it, especially after we had discussed not doing anything for each other.  That night we did go to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants CD Café down on the Island.  It wasn't anything too special since we go there on a regular basis, the food there is to die for!  The place was packed which was to be expected since it's a pretty nice place to eat especially for a day like Valentine's Day.  The wait for a table up front was over an hour, but that was fine with us since we like to eat in the back at the lounge.  When we walked back there, there were 2 seats left at the bar so we hopped in them and stayed there for the rest of the evening.  We never really even ate dinner we ordered some oysters Rockefeller, had a few drinks, and then went home. 



Next V-Day we'll be Mr. & Mrs. !



It was a nice time and very relaxing minus the couple next to us.  The husband was rude and pushy (complaining about the wait time, it's V-day and you're in a packed restaurant that's on the small side, what do you expect? This is why I think EVERYONE should serve tables, they should really make it a graduation requirement, seriously then people would get it a little better) and his wife would not shut up!  They had a guy in the lounge playing a guitar and singing some tunes and this lady decided to sing along to her husband rather loud which quickly became annoying and kind of gross because she was being so mushy.  The lady that was sitting next to Mike though was a women who moved to Maryland 4 years ago, she looked about to be in her 80's and I believe her name was Gretta.  She moved up here from Florida to be around her family after her husband passed away.  It broke my heart to see her alone on Valentine's Day and to hear her talk about her husband to us.  They were married for 54 years, so uncommon these days and something that should really be applaud.  But, I think she was enjoying herself, her glasses of wine, and our company.  Mike and I tend to make friends easily when we go out especially with older people.  We are always meeting such nice interesting people.  Gretta reminded me a lot of my Grammy Mag.  No matter how old you get and no matter what happens to you in life you keep on enjoying it!  I admire these type of people so much and hope that when I get older that I can have attitudes like them and be full of energy, and that one day Mike and I will be the old couple out sitting at the bar talking to the younger couples!