I must admit, I’m not a big fan of Valentine’s Day… And it’s not because I’m “Valentine-less.” On the contrary, I’m not a big fan because people have succeeded once again in cheapening something–reducing love to something that we only celebrate once a year, and even then it’s only about getting/giving gifts. It boils down to comercialism, once again. And I don’t like commercialism. I will, however, concede that I like it when my dad sends me an e-card valentine, or when my mom or siblings make me one. I am not saying that the celebrating of Valentine’s day is a bad thing. I quite enjoy hearing everyone’s special plans. I just hate the stuff where some people feel pressured to do something/have someone to share it with. Giving gifts is not necessary to comunicate love. It’s a nice gesture, but Valentine’s day is becoming commercialism’s next big event after Christmas. It all boils down to this: Valentine’s Day is cool. Commercialism and the pressure/superficiallity that comes with it is lame–don’t succumb to it.

Today has been a fairly enjoyable day. I say fairly because I discovered that I had yet another huge bill to pay to the university, for which I don’t really have the money. But I’m trusting in the Lord to provide, and I should manage. Hey–it means less loans that I have to pay back later, which equates to less interest, and therefore less money that I have to pay back in the long run!!

I slept in today–missed developmental psychology. He posts all of his notes online though, so it’ll be like going to class f I read those. I was just a little out of it this morning… Juli woke me up this morning. She called to wish me a happy Valentine’s day. <3 I went to teaching diverse populations later, squared everything away with my loan, then talked to Kaelena for a little while.

I ate a lunchable today. You know–those little boxes with the cheese, crackers and lunchmeat that you stack on top of each other and eat. It reminds me of standardized testing and when I used to love school. It reminds me of standardized testing because mom would always let us get one when we had a big test at school…

Anyways… I’ve been hanging out at the CSC for a while now. It’s fun because you’re guaranteeded to see people you know here. I stoped by yesterday after I’d finished some stuff up with volunteering at the hospital and ran into Lauren, Swain, Katie, Cody D, Erika and Mallory. Robert from 6DFS was there too, as well as a few friends from RUF and CRU. I’m here today, just having some down time, visiting with Sean and Cassie inbetween their studying.

Delane and I are going to have dinner before FCA tonight. Everything else if pretty much up in the air.

Have a wonderful afternoon…