and all the usual hearts to you. happy valentines day, everybody! let’s try to find the right balance between the bitterness of single people and the cheesiness of the already-coupled, and band together in not buying too much hallmark crap no one needs or wants.

i wish i could report a better demeanor today, but i worked something like 16 hours this weekend — 13 of them spanning from 10am to 12:30am on saturday. thus, i had a weekend that was largely exhausting, stressful and unfun, which has also resulted in me catching a cold and feeling all around kinda foul. i’m afraid too that all that work brought me down for the only bright spot of the weekend, when i got to see my lovely lady friend. or even worse, that i will not be in top form for my secret plans this evening.

i refuse to let this happen though and plan on rallying the energy and good cheer in order to be my fully charming self for the night. after all, i’ve had about the last 3 or 4 valentines days off, so i had better step up now. otherwise it might be another 5 before i get my next chance.