Valentines Day is on Friday. Yes, you still have to go to work; but you get the next two days off, sort of, right. On Valentines day there can be hugs and kisses, X’s and O’s, but actually what someone is looking to see is roses and chocolates. It can be a single red rose, she wakes up to, she will tell them so, and chocolates, enough to share with the folks at the office.
You could wake up early, and share Breakfast in bed. The menu: Organic Italian sparkling soda, I suggest Pomegranate, and a B Jack: biscuit, ham, egg, and cheese sandwich, open face, no sauce, and sliced in half, with grapes, – on a tray with a place mat. Red silly. Oh yes, and coffee, French Vanilla. – with chocolate drops, to go in it. A menu card may list the courses for her. A favorite flower might go in a bud vase or be lain across the tray.
Take the cell; call someone. Flowers are to be sent to her office or home, near to someone to whom she is going to boast to about you. There is to be a card that on the outside says, “From Your Valentine:” or “For my Valentine.” On the inside it can say, “ I Honor, Appreciate, Thank, Crave, and Love You; circle the words at will. I do.” If you want someone new, or who is mad at you, to be your Valentine, your card might read, “If I declare war on you, would that help you to capture me?” The card is to go inside an envelope: front facing to the back.
At the door – on the return, there might be balloons with a note that says, “Love lives within.” A bubble bath: if she never takes it. A movie rental: This night: The Tourist. A note could say, “You should be sleepy. I have loved you all day while you were away.” There is to be time to take that walk ‘cause you promised, to watch a sunset, and a promise to love her until the earth stops spinning, and the sun no longer comes back.
There is to be dinner, ordered in (the restaurant will need the seats, you can eat in one come Saturday night.) It can be a picnic on the floor in front of the TV: I would say fireplace,- and maybe, but this too is a movie rental night: A Good Year or Serendipity or something you know that she has been wanting to see. You can switch these events around if you would like: restaurant today, dine in tomorrow night. There are to be candles; candle wicks are to be pre-lit, put out, and then ready to be lit again, and there are to be Karats when you can afford them. “A man is judged by the size of the jewelry on his woman’s hand.” She has three months salary on it.” I know, but that was a long time ago. Time for something new.
For dinner you will need another place setting and another menu card. (Sign this one at the end of the night.) For now, establish a cover: a place setting for one. Then make another. – Next to her place setting you may place a piece of dark chocolate or a chocolate rose (from a dollar store.) For food: Your caterer can be a local restaurant or grocery store. It can be a Big M – or a heart-shaped pizza – something…, served on a plate, cut in half. There is to be something to drink with that; it can be “Virgin.”
There is to be dessert: Ice cream with White Chocolate & Raspberries, in a glass & Coffee, in a cup: & Cherry almond Biscotti. It can be something dark chocolate, or a pair of chocolate covered strawberries. You get my drift.
And there is to be sleep with rose petals placed inside a pillow, so that when laundry is done, the day is remembered. There is to be a mint or something with cinnamon in it – what’s next goes best without bad breath…There is to be a gift: something small and maybe stuffed that can be kept forever, and a card that could read, “You should sleep well tonight. I have loved you all day long.” “Again – my friend.”
You can start to do part or all of the above on any random Thursday. Hurry, it is almost Valentines Day where you get to say,
For My Valentine
You should know
I would defy law, stay away from war
and risk death by an Emperor
(Roman Emperor Claudius)
for the privilege of marrying again
Happy (Father) Valentines Day
Did I tell you,
I would give up war
for the opportunity
of marrying you – (again.)
I do.
It is how the day got started, if the rumors are true.
Set the stage, a little each day. Remember your rule and role.
For you who are still a single man, as a Prince, you can practice.