Hubs is still snoring softly upstairs. Usually he is the one that is up at all hours, I'm the one sleeping soundly.
Here it is Valentine's Day and I am feeling decidedly like a failure in the romance department. I always thought I was a romantic until I married Hubs. And honestly, now I know that I am not.
I am horrible at writing down little notes. I already have two of my gifts. Because he is definitely a gifter. I am not. I am far too practical. I love to buy gifts, but I do it whenever, not waiting for special days. The reason I have two of my gifts, he spoils me.
He got tired of watching me haul a huge unwieldy briefcase around and when I mentioned that I wouldn't mind getting one like one of my co-workers has... poof it arrived.
In 2003 he started spoiling me for Valentine's day. That was the day that I found out Stefanelli's delivers. Now I know my Erie family will let me know that Romolo's is the real stuff and I shouldn't be a Stefanelli's fan. I've had both. And maybe Romolo's is marginally better. But... it isn't always strictly about taste. Sometimes the tie to the memory is stronger. Two of the most important people in my life have always shown me they loved me and were thinking about me with Stefanelli's chocolate. My Grammie and my sweet Hubs. For 14 Valentine's day's I have been given Stefanelli's sponge candy. Because of a conversation. A simple question answered during a period of getting to know each other and the dedication to not only locate it, but insure that it arrived in New Mexico. A beacon of light and love.
I got to open that last night. Evidently it hanging out wrapped up pretty was simply too much to stand, and we both wanted a snack.
The card that he mailed me was so beautiful and full of love. He's a gentleman that way. It brought tears to my eyes.
And as I hear him coming up the stairs I am concerned. He's been sneaking boxes down the stairs for weeks, plotting and planning.
Maybe I shouldn't be fearful, but... I am. He really is far too observant and keeps tabs on everything.
While I am running at the speed of light, trying to keep my head above water as I learn a new job, work to close and open a building and also conduct all three major fundraisers before May, he is watching me. Planning.
I am barely remembering to brush my teeth each day. He is studying every thing I say or do.
About a week ago he mentioned that I was going to be mad on Valentine's day and that I needed to get over it, now. I filed it away in the category of my brain that said he spent too much money on me again. That I would be cranky and to simply get over it. He does that.
He frustrates me to no end with that. I don't need. I never get to the point of needing anything. He looks for excuses to give.
So sitting here by my beautiful fire that he built to warm me this morning, listening to the television downstairs as he gets his morning Frazier fix, I could be upset. But as usual he did listen, as usual he did notice. And as usual he got me just what I needed but was too cheap to get myself.
My Chromebook has been giving me issues. Turning itself off, freezing, being slow to open. In fact moving in reverse some days. My dear Acer and I have been through much since I got it back in 2014, I've dragged it to Brazil and all around the US. I have written over 500 blog posts on it. And I have been mourning her failures.
I have also refused to buy another one.
Hubs took that decision out of my hands. He bought me a shiny new Chromebook. As it is updating I am writing a final blog on the old one. It's bittersweet.
Yep, I feel like a failure in the romance department. I am not the gal that goes card shopping. I am not the one that remembers the minutia.
I am the one that will come home from work exhausted and make a warm and nourishing dinner. I always make sure his clothes are ironed and he is cared for daily. I will always pack his lunch (although I rarely remember to pack an I love you note).
It must be hard for someone that is so romantic and always doing the sweetest things, and okay the deck of cards with our favorite picture of us on them is simply too sweet, to be married to someone so pragmatic.
The sweetheart of a man that picked out a package of my favorite pens in a rainbow of colors, because I am that freak that loves fun office supplies, has a wife that didn't even think to celebrate this special day.
I love him to the moon and back. I cannot for even a second imagine my life without him. Do you think he realizes that. Does it take candy, flowers, a Chromebook? Or does he feel that love in his freshly washed and folded clothing. When he puts on his still warm pressed clothes, because I have been too busy to get them done in advance.
Do you think he knows in the little things I try to do every day? Haircuts, trimming sideburns, straightening collars, a kiss, a hug?
I sure hope so, because the reality is, I am not a person that is ever going to remember in advance to buy the card or gift. But I am the person that is going to be rock steady. You can always count on me daily.
Although, I feel that I definitely should work on being more of a special day kind of girl... because it does make you feel special, loved and cherished.
I love you my sweet Hubs. Through all my faults... please remember that you are now and always will be my Valentine.
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