14th Of February

I was up early because I had to go to my brother's house and receive their new furniture. We still had a ton of snow on our driveway so I had to back out and not do my usual U-turn (the mini fits everywhere okay!?). My tires kept spinning / slipping because of the ice on the ground. It just wouldn't move!!! After several tries, it just wouldn't work!!! I almost called my ahiya "I can't do this, rescue me!!!". Then again, I said okay, one more try, I finally did it. WTH, but of course. Ta da!!! I hung out at their house for a bit just chatting and staring out his backyard. Painting a picture of what I saw to JE. Then the furniture arrived and my ahiya showed up soon after. We had lunch at Panera and I went to work early. I also wanted to get Godiva truffles to give to my family. There was a crazy ass line though so I figured I'd get them after work.

Okay, as soon as I walked into the store. Everyone was smiling at me knowingly which weirded me out for a second. "Finally, the little one walks in!","Are you in for a surprise!!","Huh? What happened?". CJ & CM pulled me towards the office in the back and made me close my eyes before I walked in. So I did. Ta da. Staring back at me was a white bear carrying a heart shaped box with candy, sitting on a bouquet of a dozen red roses with a helium balloon which was delivered around noon-ish.

I was like WTH!?!!! Who's it for? It's for you silly. Who's it from?? Of course we didn't look in the card. What am I going to do with it?! Open the card now! I just stood there flabbergasted not knowing what to do. Everyone was ooohing and aaahing over the stuff. Everybody knew. Even people from the kids store. Oh so you're Michelle. That was you. Hmmmm....It was embarassing. I was met with a barrage of questions!!! I swear I just stood there. I had to give a mini backgrounder several times to several people about the person behind the whole valentine's gift. It was just crazy. A bit funny too. It caused a commotion. To me, the gesture was sweet and thoughtful. I wasn't expecting anything exciting to happen on the day of hearts. Hell, the day itself is quite overrated. I was in a good mood. This was a pleasant surprise. Icing on the cake. I do appreciate it. It's been awhile since I've been surprised like this. It's not a bad feeling at all.

Today I am thankful for:
- the sweet smell of roses every morning since Tuesday
- Godiva truffles, my personal vday treat