Valentine's Day

I used to hate valentine's day. I felt it was too commercialized, and that there shouldn't be one day a year to do the things you should do everyday (of course, these were probably just excuses. i was probably just a bitter lonely deperessed teenager, just like everyone else my age-- but i digress). Until Brandon, I'd always been single on valentine's day (or pretty much single, anyway). The last valentine's day before B that i was "in a realationship" waaaas.... 200....7? I think. anyway, it'd been awhile. Today was my second Valentine's Day with Brandon, and I must say, it went pretty well. Since it landed on a weekday, and I have classes tomorrow and he has work, we went out Saturday instead of tonight, and just had dinner at home with my sister tonight. Saturday he took me to a realy nice Italian restaurant, then took me home, where we watched The first disc of the first season of The Big Bang Theory, which was his gift to me (yay nerd presents!), in an adorable white and pink owl gift bag. Today, I made a full dinner (which miraculously turned out well, considering how little i cook, especially meals this big), we ate with my sister, then we watched (and by "we watched" i mean "they watched and i slept through") the Corpse Bride. Now, Asian food and a Tim Burton Romance, may not be the traditional valentine's day evening, but then again, we've never been quite typical.
Anyways, the point of my story is that I really got into valentine's day this year. I made his present, I bought some other stuff, i spent five hours shopping for a new outfit for Saturday, and i went all out making my own Chinese food instead of just ordering in. What's changed? Is it just because I'm a happier person than my former  pseudo-emo teenage self? Am I happier because I'm with someone? Is it better because I still get butterflies when I see him? Who knows. But I like it. :)

This may seem like a pretty sappy post, but it's okay; it's a sappy holiday. I'm entitled. Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Remember; it's a day for love, not just romance. You don't have to be in relationship to have someone to celebrate with. Go out with your sister, your best friend, you dad, your neighbor. Hell, if all else fails, spend the day with your dogs. They love you too.