Why I Am Not a Fan of Valentine's Day and Other Stuff

That's right.   I have put it out there.   I am not a fan of Valentine's Day.   I can't really tell you when this started.    I was never jilted or overwhelmed with a feeling of loneliness on this day.   My students always like to say it is because I never had a boyfriend to buy me presents, but honestly, I had a boyfriend in high school whose mother was a florist.   I not only got something; I got the coolest something.   And my parents always had us a little something.  And yet I have no love for this day.   I think a lot of it is just how manufactured it is.   If my husband wants to make me happy, he can buy me chocolate any day of the year.   I know, I know, I know.   I am the Scrooge of Valentine's.   It has been a normal day for us here in the Mills house.   No cards, no flowers, no special dinner.    Just us, being us, and happy to be us.   

But if you love Valentine's Day, then I hope you have loved every moment of today.   And that your sweetie gave you the best gift ever.  

On another note, we have some question marks hanging around us.   The people who made the offer on the house are going to need a co-signer.   They have someone who is willing to do that but getting all that worked out will most likely slow this process down some.   And if the co-signer's credit is not as it should be, then we could have a "no-deal".   The other people who really wanted to make an offer but didn't get their financial situation cleared up in time have been approved.   So if the current deal falls through, we do have a back-up.   The only real issue I am having with this is that we don't know what to do about a temporary residence.   We don't want to pay a deposit and make plans to move if we aren't going to need to move.  

If you know me well, you might imagine this is causing me great stress.   It really is not.   I cannot explain as it is vastly out of character.   I just really feel like everything will work out.   I am not in fear of being homeless or anything like that.   I think we have ample time to find a place to live and get a storage unit.   I am - for the first time ever - coping better than my ridiculously laid back husband.   Yea!   And they said it would never happen ;)!