Oh Valentine's Day

I'm pretty sure that if I started dating someone in November, I could use the logic in John Mayer's St. Patrick's Day to keep a boyfriend around until at least March, but then John leaves me on my own. While I'm no grump when it comes to Valentine's Day, it's not usually a holiday that I tend to celebrate because it's rare that I'm dating someone during this time of year. Today was no different?

Today was actually different. There was love in the air at school, and everyone was just a bit sillier than normal. One student was making duct tape roses (?), another student was wandering through the teacher's offices with a large heart-shaped box of chocolates.

When I went over to the middle school, one of my cute little seventh grade boys ambled up to me awkwardly and threw a cute little valentine on the desk next to me, and then scampered off. Another student who knew that tootsie rolls are my favorite candy brought me a very large bag, sort of as a joke.

And then these (and a box of chocolates) were delivered to the school around lunch time.

They are pretty and I'm sure they will smell wonderful, but I'm not quite sure how I feel about their sender. Don't get me wrong, it is completely flattering to receive flowers from anyone, even more so when it is on Valentine's Day. There is a guy here who has been 'trying' to date me, but I'm not so sure. He took me to Shakepseare (my favorite author) for our first date and to a VERY expensive dinner for my birthday-VERY expensive. He dropped something by for Christmas, and has been very persistent in asking what time I play soccer each Saturday and Monday. He is a nice guy, I'm just not feeling it. I don't want to lead him on, so I have been 'busy' or unavailable for many of his invitations, but he doesn't seem to be picking up on my vibe. Advice?

It's nice to be remembered on Valentine's Day, and I guess that I kind of have a Valentine today...

To everyone else out there reading about my little corner of the world, I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day, whether you have a sweetheart or not.