today is valentines day. happy valentines day.

i miss valentines day parties from elementary school. i remember deliberating over what type of valentines i would get each year. then we got to go the store and pick them out. we'd bring them home, and open them all up. then i'd take the class list with everyone's name on it. and i'd take my best friends and choose my favorite valentines for them, and write their names on those. then i'd split up the ones left, making sure no boy got one that was too girly. and one by one, i'd fill them all out, until only the least favorite ones were left over. Then i'd write the left over people's names on those, and if there was still some left, i might write my brothers and sisters names on them, haha. of course, if you have really good valentines (i.e. include candy), you make one for yourself as well.

when the big day finally arrived, there was very little school work done. a lot of coloring in red, i remember. and everyone had a sack at the back of the room with their name on it. when your turn came, you were allowed to go to the back of the room and distribute your valentines in each of the sacks. of course, this was done as slowly as possible, because you had to peek in each sack and eye other people's valentines, seeing how yours compared to this. the most peeking was done into your own sack, trying to see how many valentines you had received. then that afternoon was the big party, with the room moms having brought all sorts of cookies and chocolate, and everyone getting to open their valentines sacks. sigh. i miss such valentines parties...

i have managed to be disgustingly productive today so far, despite my head feeling as though it weighs around 10pounds. and yes, parentals, i have taken medicine today, actually. too bad one can only take claritin once every 12 hours, because this morning seems like such a long time ago to have taken relief. now, back to my productive self. or maybe a nap...