Ever since we’ve been together, Mike and I have weathered some pretty weird wrenches thrown into our Valentine’s day celebrations — everything from food poisoning/flu to financial emergencies to babysitting a parent following surgery to the death of a close friend — so a couple of years ago we decided to call it quits on planning anything for February 14th. This year, I got the food poisoning out of the way on Tuesday night (and will likely never eat tabbouleh again).
So, we didn’t plan anything “in stone” but since I was off work, we were able to take advantage of the lunch hour to eat a nice meal out. After wandering around and considering several options we ended up at Yokohama Japanese Restaurant where we ordered the “Love Boat for Two” plus a couple of other rolls on the side.
Next we headed to grab some groceries to round out our dinner (meal plan said “fancy-schmancy” and we decided, with Kiddo’s help, to do a cheese fondue) then grabbed Starbucks drinks and parked at Clover Point for a while to watch waves, clouds, and a lot of birds. We may or may not have made googly-eyes at each other.
Saw the doctor (good news — both blood pressure and weight have dropped in the past month. Hurrah!) then home for dinner; Mike outdid himself as usual serving up ample vegetables, meat and seafood plus bread and cubes of polenta for dipping in the rich cheesy sauce.
Since Kiddo has a Pro-D day tomorrow, we let her stay up and the three of us hung out watching Thursday night sit-coms.
Thank you, universe, for letting us have a low-key Valentine’s Day.