Wedding Breeze

Every year on Valentine?s Day, after we got together, we had been going to posh restaurants and I would receive huge bouquets of flowers at home. This is the fourth year we are together, and it has changed. My husband had made arrangements for us to go to a restaurant in Holland Village, but I had a long week, waking up at three in the morning to start on my work, and was feeling tired. In addition, the restaurant promised flowers, so he didn?t send a bouquet to my house. We decided to cancel, but I still got a smaller bouquet from him, something that he bought while at work.

What surprised me was that sometimes, it?s not the location that counts. It?s the person that counts. Both of us had been really busy and we didn?t go out on dates often. If we do meet up, it?s usually just to catch a quick dinner or watch TV. So, we went to a nearby place, and had dinner at a Japanese restaurant. We sat near the chefs who were working in the small kitchen, and we were at a bar counter instead of having our own seats. Yet, I still enjoyed his company because we had time to talk to each other instead of being together but busy watching television (actually, blame me because I?m a TV addict).

After that, we took a short walk to get dessert. It was rather cold inside, so we sat al fresco. The restaurant nearby had loud sentimental music, so we sat down in the cool evening, drinking coffee (I had a weird banana chocolate ice blended) and eating brownie (not very nice). I loved that and had fun. I even met my cousin who was with his wife and two kids. I was actually thinking this small kid looked like my nephew before I saw my cousin.

I had just finished watching Desperate Housewives, and one of the characters actually said that going through the motions on special occasions was a bother. But not bothering to even go through the motions was even worse. We need to keep the spark alive.

Happy Valentine?s Day.