Valentine’s Day (and Other Life Updates)
It’s Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, I took down the outdoor Christmas lights. Ahem. I took down about half of them in January- actually the more difficult ones that went around the top of the house- but never got around to taking down the ones in the bushes or palm trees. I hope it goes without saying that I haven’t actually been turning them on- no, they were just sitting there dejectedly. Finally, I got home from work yesterday and said “It’s February 13th! These lights CANNOT be up on Valentine’s Day.” And I took them down. I’d like to say I learned a valuable lesson from all this, but I really didn’t… other than it’s no fun to procrastinate, which I already knew. I don’t really do much for Valentine’s Day, although I did make my daughter a special breakfast on Sunday (Tuesday mornings are not conducive to pancakes.) I like Super Bowl Sunday much better than Valentine’s Day. What a great game! I was rooting for Kansas City, but what I wanted most of all was a close, exciting game, and we got that. Here’s our Super Bowl dinner: Barbecued soy curl sandwiches, loosely based on this recipe. I have to admit I used a sugar-free barbecue sauce from the store, which has sucralose in it. I know, that sounds kind of gross. I just can’t do that much sugar. Sucralose isn’t a health food either, but in the short term it’s better than sugar (for me, that is) and I rarely eat it. With everything else on the sandwich- cole slaw and onion rings, YUM- you couldn’t tell the barbecue sauce was a little weird. My husband definitely didn’t notice, and ate two sandwiches. I might be the only person who didn’t watch the halftime show. I spent halftime doing dishes and laundry, so that I could relax and enjoy the rest of the game. I know, I’m a nerd. But I’m glad I did that- the second half was so good. Moving right along! Remember how the dryer repairman was scheduled to come last week? The day before, I asked my husband “How old is this dryer, anyway?” And he said “Well, it was here when we moved into the house twenty years ago.” WHAT??? Our dryer is over twenty years old? Yes, we realized we’ve never replaced the washer or the dryer. We quickly canceled the repairman (who probably would have laughed in our faces) and ordered a new dryer, which will arrive tomorrow… possibly. I’m not sure if I can be home for the delivery, since they won’t give us a window until later today. If worst comes to worst, they’ll have to come another day. Just as long as we have it by March, it’s fine. I’ve gotten pretty good at hanging the clothes to dry, but my son comes home on March 4th for spring break and I don’t think I can add another person’s laundry to the mix without a dryer. That’s about it for now! We’re enjoying some cooler weather this week, and I’m having a cutback week with no long run tomorrow, because I’m running a race on Sunday. More on that later! Did you watch the Super Bowl? How about the halftime show? Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day?