Valentine Memories?

So I was searching through my old blog posts and my Facebook photos for pictures of past Valentines. Apparently I don't have any on here? And sadly, I don't remember any Valentine Days except for 2 years ago:) That I recorded on my Facebook Notes and took pictures. Sadly, it makes me miss my Chaia, pretty much the best roommate anyone could ask for..... Anyway, let's just say that Valentine, Sean bought flowers, balloons, and made breakfast. And he bought a Josh Turner song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AST8fosZHQ). It was beautiful and adorable. I think that was the year I made him a box with 14 things that reminded me of him inside. They included random things like a bottle of smirnoff (??What was I thinking??), bottle tops of some of our favorite drinks, a mini CD of some songs that reminded me of him, etc....

This year, I haven't been that elaborate. Actually I haven't at all. And I can be honest about that here because I don't really think he reads my blog. I wish I could say that for our first Valentine's as a married couple, I had this elaborate gift planned out for him. Honestly, I'm happy I've planned most of dinner. Oh wait, that was just dessert....heh. Dinner ideas will reveal themself soon, hopefully!

Right now I'm just tired. Tired of only getting every other 2 days with Sean home, then having him work every other weekend. Granted, I get more done when he has to sleep all day, but it sucks. I got a lot of work done this weekend: tons of grocery shopping, library, prepped a package for mailing, took out the trash, did the dishes, made dinner (including fruits and veggies!), and organized the bedroom a bit more. I even did 60% of my students' assessments in preparation for Parent/Teacher conferences next week! But once Sean's up, I stop as much as I can (without burning dinner lol) and soak up the time with him. I even decided I was going to watch McLean Bible Church's internet service tonight instead of heading out to church like normal so that I would get an extra hour with Sean.

I can't wait until Sean gets a better schedule. I'm ready to go somewhere on the weekends, to not worry about waking him during the day when I come and go. I'd love to visit my Grandma, but even though I like the independent side of me saying that I'm capable of that drive, the realistic side of me knows that it'd be MUCH better if Sean could go with me, if only to keep me awake on the way home :) But anyway, this is turning into a vent :P

Tomorrow, I'll hopefully be making Strawberry Shortcake. IF Sean and I don't eat all the strawberries.... I'd also like to make Sean a good breakfast, but I never know how I'm going to feel come Monday morning. When Sean's not home, I don't go to bed early at ALL. I stay up, watch movies, email people, do some prep work for work, etc.

I'd like to start a Valentine's Day tradition, but I'm not sure what. Our apartment isn't that large, so I don't want to collect things like Willow Tree, though they'd be cute. However, it needs to be something unique so that we actually hold onto it, so no bottle caps or fortune cookie fortunes ;) Ideas?? :)

Alright, time for me to watch a bit more Netflix, then bedtime:)