2 posts tagged “valentine's day”

Well, Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. This is officially my least favorite holiday of the year. I have had some great ones. I was engaged on this day. But the way it makes women feel about men…either googly or furious…is just too much stress for one day. It never fails that the woman who gets the flowers is usually the one that says “Oh, he always does this!” or “I wish he wouldn’t do this at my work”. Can it sister, there are plenty of women who would adore getting flowers on just one day of the year. Let alone the day we’re told we’re supposed to get them.

Tonight I will be celebrating with my husband and child at home. We’re ordering takeout. Not sure what but probably Pizza Hut to mark the occasion of our engagement. See, all the restaurants were so busy that night we ended up at Pizza Hut to eat. As I said before, something always goes just a little wrong.

This year I bought Mike something I thought he would want but he guessed what it was and the surprise was ruined. He’s getting a card. I didn’t do anything else for him mostly because I was upset he ruined it in the first place. I’m ready for the moment where I give him a card and he looks at me with those “Oh shit” eyes. He’s not a card giver. I grew up in a family where the cards were the most meaningful part of the present. He doesn’t understand. He just knows it used to make me mad when I didn’t get a card from him. I’ve had to just “let it go” though he does usually get them for birthdays now. I guess it’s just how you were brought up as to what is special and meaningful for you.

My dad always went all out on Valentine’s Day for my mom. I now know he had good reason to do so. At least I’m not worried about the way Mike treats me daily. I’d rather have a husband who I can trust unconditionally than one I worry about all the time but makes me feel special on Valentine’s Day.

Mike and I have a serious problem keeping anything from each other. This is the reason we normally do shopping for holidays the day of or the day before. Otherwise, we’ll give the gift way before we should.

At our last Christmas party Mike surprised me with a new-to-me Kayak. I was thrilled. It was the first time he’d EVER really surprised me and not spilled the beans before hand. It was really cool.

I was determined to do the same for him this Valentine’s Day.

I went on Ebay and found a great deal on a package of things for his new MP3 player: FM Transmitter, car charger, home charger, 2 skins, 2 arm bands and some other stuff all for $19 dollars! It was a steal. That and I knew he wanted to be able to charge it without a computer. So, I ordered it and yesterday it came.

When I got the mail I told Nathan that Daddy’s present came. I knew he would tell Mike that it came and then I’d get to tell him “nanna nanna nanna you can’t have it!” Just like he did with me before the Christmas party.

Nathan did as expected and Mike looks at me and says “Please can I have it? I really need something to charge my MP3 Player.”

Furious, I get the package and say “since you already know what it is…just take it!”

Well, he did know what it was but didn’t know all the other cool things I had gotten too. He felt pretty rotten about the whole thing. I would have too if I were in his shoes and I didn’t mean to make him feel that way but I was pretty ticked. Now, I’d have to go out and get something else for him.

Mike made me promise I wouldn’t get anything else saying all he really wanted was some much needed “us” time alone. That only made me cry more. By the time we get Nathan to bed and the household stuff livable…we go to sleep too. Not much us time happening. I guess we’ve both just been feeling that way, not just me. It’s nice to know that.