Valentine's Day

Cupid Zane, 2007

So, it’s Valentine’s Day, and even though we don’t celebrate it much at my house, I thought I’d share a few LOVE-ly things that are happening for us right now. (Get it. LOVE-ly. My clever use of the word love in my Valentine’s Day post is awe-inspiring, no?)

Anyway, here are some good things that are happening:

Zane’s Health -- We’re finishing up the antibiotic, and Zane genuinely seems to be feeling better. And while we are still having to do 3 “rescue” breathing treatments a day, we’re not having to do any in the middle of the night - hence increased sleeping for his parents and better moods for all involved.

Plus, just the general sense of well-being inherent in having a child who is currentlywithout illness is pretty cool.

Snow Day – Central Ohio has been covered in snow, resulting in my – and most of the town I live in – having the day off work. Delightful! We had a wonderful morning of family togetherness before SRH had to drag himself into work, and it was divine. Now, by family togetherness, I mean that we slept in until 8am, and then I got to take a shower for as long as I wanted without any interruptions.

Some days I swear I would cut someone for just a little time alone in the shower – and today I got it. Bliss.

Poop on the Potty – For the fourth day in a row, Zane has pooped in the potty! Those of you who have potty-trained can feel me on this one. Zane has been peeing on said potty for about 6 months now, but has been slower to embrace the “doing of #2”.

We’re bribing him with soda pop, and I am understandably ashamed of this, but the ends justify the means in this situation.

Eddie Vedder Dream -- I had a dream about Eddie Vedder last night. Apparently, my psyche wanted to give a valentine present to itself.

(A few pics for your viewing pleasure are here and here).

Afghanistan Email – I got an email from SRH’s best friend today. Now typically this is not something that is particularly remarkable – Captain McArmypants is generally a cranky, stinky, opinionated guy. But since he deployed to Afghanistan a few weeks ago, we’ve been quite anxious about how he’s adjusting to life in a war zone. Turns out, he’s adjusting just fine, which I’m sure says something very disturbing about him. But since he’s in the line for guardianship of our child, I’m not going to ponder this overly long.

Cupid Photo -- Oh yeah, the love of my life photo-shopped the above picture of Zane as a Valentine’s gift for me.

And for those of you who might be slightly appalled that my mate only got a small mention on this Valentine’s Day post, a post which also described my dreaming of another man, I should probably say that SRH and I do not really celebrate Valentine’s Day.

This owing to the fact that the anniversary of our engagement occurs on Feb. 7^th. Therefore, we have agreed to celebrate all things lovey-dovey on that day. But don’t bother to go back to last week’s posts to see if I happened to wax eloquent about my hot monkey love for him there; you won’t find anything. Last week, we happened to be in the middle of a bit of a medical crisis with Zane; therefore, there was no mention of how I am slightly puzzled that I can still feel this way about someone – anyone, even Eddie Vedder- after twelve years.

But I’m sure he knows that I would break both of his legs should he ever even consider being with someone other than me. And I would also add an obligatory arm break if s/he happened to be younger, skinnier, or had bigger boobs.

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!