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Hey there, Valentines!

My Valentine's roses and household clutter

Now that I look at this picture more carefully, I'm thinking I should re-shoot it. All that clutter around the edges. And the big gap in the middle of the bouquet is from where Monte Alban yanked out a spray of baby's breath to eat. I caught him at it this morning. He was under the dining table, hunched over his victim, looking furtively over his shoulder while he bit the flowers off their stems. His technique has improved over the years. When he was a mere youth, one of my funniest help desk calls was "Oh my god! My cat dumped a whole vase of water into my keyboard! The touchpad isn't working! What shall I do?" The help desk guy was amused. I must have made his day. I dried out the keyboard as instructed and I'm still using it. I haven't put a vase of flowers on my desk since.

I had a brownie for breakfast. The brownie I ate last night was a total sugar bomb and I couldn't get to sleep till some ungodly hour. Naturally I needed a brownie jump-start this morning. Brownie plus coffee. What was I thinking? I could feel my heart thumping around in my chest, but I did wake up while I waited to see just how high my blood pressure could go. Be warned! These brownies are awesome, but approach them as you would a controlled substance.

I had a very awake, very productive Valentine's Day. I will put the finishing touches on the big job tomorrow, and then be a big slacker for a while. I will also be shipping brownies off to people who won't know what's hit them. Hah.

Happy Valentine's Day!