Today, after sending a sweet text to my dearest 10yr old kid that i watch, (yes, he has a cell phone at 10!) (yes, it's an iPhone) wishing him a nice Valentines Day and telling him that i love him, i get this in return... "Happy V D!! :) "
I arrivd at his house a little later and gave him a big hug and said...."uumm...kid...do you know what V.D. is? Did you know it's when you are "ill down there!" and i bet if i did have that i would not want someone to wish it to be HAPPY for me!...so next time....spell out the word DAY! It will save me a lot of stress....and laughter at your expense".
That was the only text i got from a boy. Fitting i guess. He is the only dude in my life right now.
Speaking of dudes.
Why can't i just adopt a husband?
It's like the same thing right?
Adopt a Kid...
1. Figure out if you have the money to invest in a relationship/commitment like this.
2. Figure out what nationality you want it to be.
3. Figure out how old you want it to be.
4. Figure out if you have the guts to follw through with it.
5. Contact it's current parents or family or agency to inquire about avaiable canidates.
6. Set up a time to view them.
7. Make a choice, yay or nay.
8. Proceede signing the proper paprers to make it legal.
9. Kid proof your house.
10. Bring kid home.
11. Cater to and tend to all needs of kid.
12. Clean up after kid until they move out of the house.
Adopt a Husband...
1. Figure out if you can commit to this kind of relationship.
2. Figure out which nationality you want him to be.
3. Figure out how old you want him to be.
4. Figure out if i have the guts to follow through with it.
5. Contact him directly or through an agency..whatever.
6. Make a date.
7. Marry me? yay? nay?
8. Marriage papers signed.
9. Husband proof my place.
10. Bring husband home, point out which rooms he is allowed in and which are off limits. like the kitchen.
11. Cater to and tend to all needs of husband.
12. Clean up after husband until they croak...or i do.
see....it's the same.
And probably just as expensive.
Knowing me and my luck, i'm going to find a guy that is WAY into the whole wedding stuff and want to be involved and help plan everything and want a huge ginormous (how do you spell that word???) wedding with everyone he has ever known attending. I am going to care less. He is going to wear a suite from Armani and i am going to wear a dress from the JC Penny's sale rack. He is going to want to party all night long with everyone and make sure we have dinner and drinks and music and laughing. I am going to wish that everyone would go feed themselves before they come. Drink out of a self produced prefilled flask if you must, and if they want music they should have brought their iPod. I will be tired and in a stupid dress with tule and lace.
i know it will happen that way...most likely.
Sometimes i wish i could just wake up tomorrow and be 10 years older have a husband and 5 kids and a house and job and move on from there.
I don't want a wedding. I want a family.
Where was i going with this.....
I remember the one Valentines Day i have had a boyfriend during the holiday and that year, he sent me roses. He was in Iraq at the time.
They came two days early.
There were only 5.
When asked why only 5, he responded with, "I just told them to send whatever..." so not like there is a sweet story there or anything.
Last year while in my oh so precious dorm room...suffereing another Valentines Day,this time not even near family, my dad sent me flowers. It was wonderful! A big bunch of 18 yellow roses and 18 white lillys. So so so beautiful! It was just what i needed.
Sometimes it is nice to remember that for a single girl...her significant other is her dad. Until that fateful day when someone else will come and try to live up to him. Which will never happen.
I'm not a hater of Valentines Day, but i'm not a lover either. I guess without the proper experience in what the holiday can produce, i am nuetral. For now, i will be happy with babysitting and spending my evening with the little men in my life whom i adore.
Dear Lord,
Today is Valentines Day, as you know. This day does not remind me of what i do not have, but of what i am going to one day have. I don't mind being single, as i know that it is because that is what you have planned for me right now. I don't get sad thinking that i am getting older and still not married. I get sad thinking that as the years go by, it's one less year i get to spend with the one you have for me. I know you are making me wait so that we are both ready when the time comes. Thank you for that. Thank you for making me feel loved in so many other ways that even when i am lonely, it is surrounded by people that love me. Your plan is perfect.
I love you! Happy Valentines Jesus!
Heidi
