Valentine's Day?

It's a day to celebrate couple hood. A day where if you are single and asked, "What are you doing for valentines day" it's important not to sound like you don't have plans. Or else you are given the, "Aw, I'm sorry you don't have plans. Maybe you will have someone next year" look.
Do I sound a little bitter about the day? Maybe. I am normally a very happy person who's life is anything but boring. In fact, I'm known as being very social and always having fun plans.

Well, once a year I am reminded that if I don't have a boyfriend or a valentine that I must be a loser. So, this year the most blessed thing happened. (No, I don't have a boyfriend.) We had an ice storm with some snow, so it gave me a good excuse to stay home and avoid all of the rose deliveries, candy, people announcing engagements at work.

I am not a person to take revenge or wish ill on anyone, but there was a small part of me that chuckled when the news announced that flower deliveries were delayed, restaurants were having cancellations, and Valentine's day wasn't the most important thing on the news today.

Is that wrong of me?

Sushi nights

I grew up hating to try anything different in terms of food. It was all about plain cheese burgers from McDonald's and cheese pizza. I was the kid who only stuck with what she knew. My brother, Jim, on the other hand was the opposite. He was the "Mikey" of our family. He was and is willing to try any new exotic food. So, when I mentioned to him on the phone the other night that I was going out for sushi he almost fainted.

It wasn't until I moved to the Washington, DC area that I started to branch out and try new foods. After all, this area has every kind of food imaginable. Now, I LOVE Sushi, Thai, Mexican, Ethiopian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, and the list goes on. I think I am now addicted to food and am even willing to have mushrooms, onions, pepperoni, sausage, gyro meat, chicken, green peppers, ham, Canadian bacon, and pineapple on my pizzas (maybe not all together). :)

What I have found is that by eating new foods I am traveling without leaving town. I sat at a sushi bar this week and started chatting with the person next to me. She recommended some selections and we talked about owning animals. As it turns out, we found out that we were only 2 degrees separation from each other! She knows my neighbors.

As adventurous as I've become, I always seem to be reminded that this is a small world after all!