Ok, how many of you have been out at the store at the last minute getting those flowers for Valentine's Day, grabbed the box of chocolates, and then suddenly remembered that you needed a card as well?  To top it all off you were running late in getting back to your house for that special V-Day dinner?  Arrggh....panic is starting to set in.

So you quickly run down to the greeting card aisle, quickly survey the demilitarized zone of Valentine's Day cards, find one that looks nice and has words that seem appropriate and zip over to the checkout counter.  Ok, we're nearly complete...but wait....we need to write something inside of the card and sign it....oh no!

So we look frantically through the glove compartment box, flip the sun visors, look in the change drawer, the middle console, under the seat, all in the hopes of finding that single writing implement that is most likely missing a cap, has a glob of ink dangling from the tip and has been severely chewed on the end so much that you could dislodge a penny from the ashtray by using it as a chisel.

This is usually the moment where for some strange reason you've luckily managed to hit all of the green lights for a change and are actually hoping for a red light for that mere 30 seconds you need to write those unending words of love and compassion that will sweep your honey right off of her feet. 

Ok so you get a red light finally and then warped pen in hand you stroke those loving words on the open side of the card right on the steering wheel.  However you then push too hard on the Love...Me....which of course beeps the horn at the car in front of you and awards you the friendly one finger wave from the driver ahead of you.

So you get back to the house in time to go out to dinner, you calmly stroll on into the house, flowers, chocolates, and your novelette of a Valentine's Day card in hand, and proudly give the items of your affection to your sweetheart.

She gasps for a moment, just so happy she has married a man who still likes to make Valentine's Day special...grabs the flowers, the chocolates and the card sets them down to give a very welcomed and very earned Valentine's Day smooch.

Finally without another word, she sniffs the elegant scent of the roses, mouth waters over the chocolate treats she'll be enjoying later tonight, and then opens the card...which magically says on the front....

"This Valentine's Day I wanted to say Something Special..."

and on the inside...

"You'll Do."


Funny enough...I don't think she ever read the other side of the card I wrote on.  Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!