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Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day from me to you. I’m not the biggest fan of this Hallmark holiday. Heck, I kind of forgot it existed until a guy at work started posting love songs in the team chat. I may post a breakup song in the chat just to mess with him. Plus, not everyone feels love on Valentine’s Day.

My Valentine’s gift to myself was watching the Bash Brothers, aka the Tkachuk brothers, playing for Team USA last night. The squad looked great! I loved that Matt Boldy and Brock Faber connected for the go ahead go. The Wild boys looked great. Team USA turned on the gas in the third, but I thought the Panther players on both teams crushed it.

Tomorrow Team Finland and Team Sweden have the matinee game, which will be amazing. There is no love lost between these two countries, so it will be an entertaining and passionate game. Team USA and Team Canada take the ice at 8:00 pm, which means I’ll be up past my bed time again. That should be another great game. So no red roses for me this Valentine’s Day, I’m happy to enjoy some great hockey with my sweethearts.

2025 Goal Tracker:

  • Run a 5K: in training
  • Complete Kayla Itsines program: in progress
  • No afternoon Starbucks (except for travel/vacations): I made it into February and haven’t buckled!
  • Top performer at work: on it!
  • Travel: working on it
  • Eat to lower inflammation: in progress
  • Read daily: in progress. I’m reading  The Eagle and The Hart by Helen Castor.
  • Get out of debt: in progress
  • Financial independence: in progress

If there were a biography about you, what would the title be?

The title of my very interesting biography would be All Aboard The Hot Mess Express. I think the title says it all.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Wishing everyone in the blogosphere a very happy Valentine’s Day! I hope everyone feels lots of love, gets some flowers, and eats some good chocolate. As of yet, the extent of my Valentine’s Day gifts was the Dunkin’ coffee Uber Eats dropped off this morning. I have no complaints, however, as I simply can’t function without my coffee.

Tonight I’m going to take a spin class before dinner. I had planned to take one during lunch but put the kibosh due to an unfortunately timed meeting. For dinner, we’ll have the last of this week’s Blue Apron meals. Yesterday I made a Calabrian shrimp orzo that was out of this world. Truly, it was super tasty and did not a lot of calories. It’s definitely a meal I’ll order again.

My system at work is operating in the dregs of the IT realm, which is to say it’s barely operating at all. Yet again I’ve spent the day facing tech issues. Clearly, it wasn’t how I anticipated celebrating Valentine’s. Hopefully, IT can get it together, so tomorrow our systems will be running smoothly. That right there would be a Valentine’s Day gift to celebrate. Anyway, from me to you, Happy Valentine’s day!

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

A happy Valentine’s Day poem courtesy of Lord Byron.

“She Walks In Beauty” Lord Byron

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!