Ode to Love

I feel compelled to write a post this Valentine's Day, even though I'm generally not all that into this particular holiday. It always felt contrived and a bit disappointing, but I'm feeling the love today. This week is going to be the best week ever, all because of people who love me.

Tomorrow, Landon is taking me to see CAKE, my long-time favorite band, live in The City (also known as San Francisco). I haven't seen Cake since I was in college, which I realized this weekend has been nearly *cough*ten*cough* years. We don't normally exchange gifts because we are too pragmatic and generally just prefer to buy what we want for ourselves. But, when I saw that Cake would be performing in SF the week of Valentine's Day, I subtly implied that perhaps tickets to one of their concerts would be a nice gift (and by subtly imply, I mean, sent him an email that read, "Wanna get tickets to Cake for my Valentine's Day present?"). He quickly picked up on my hints and suggested that I buy the tickets myself using his credit card. Aren't we soooo romantic? And since Landon's mom loves us and her grandchildren (but mostly her grandchildren) soooo much, she will be driving straight to our house from work so we can make it to The City in time for the show. Feeling the love!

Then, on Thursday, my BFF (is it okay for a 30 year old woman to use that acronym?) is flying me up to spend a long weekend with her in Seattle. She booked a sweet hotel in the heart of the city for us to use as our home base for a long overdue, girls only weekend. She booked tickets to a show, but I think we're gonna spend a lot of time just hanging out and enjoying being together. I can't wait to get to spend some time with her! My mom and Landon's mom will both spend a couple of days with the kids so I can be gone for 5 (FIVE!) days.

So, I'm feeling lucky. I'm feeling loved. I'm feeling excited and grateful and really, really excited. Did I mention how excited I am? Best. Week. Ever!