Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day ... never really a big fan of the day.  When I had someone and when I was single ... i always felt like it was a forced day where I had to be extra love-y on you.. UGH.  I always felt like you should always be love-y with you person every day and not just extra on that one day.
Tommie has been good about it too ... he celebrates it with me, and we give things that are "functional"
we have never been able to really celebrate vday on the day ... it's one of his busiest days in the restaurant world. 
And because of the days leading up to it - it does gets busy before and after.  So I decided to go to the restaurant so that we can have "our" dinner.  It was nice ... he was so prepared and ready for the night and luckily it wasn't too busy that he was actually able to spend the night with me. He had planned such a wonderful night and it was just so relaxing to be able to be with him.
But the best part of it all was my gifts!  Now ... let me just tell you what he got me and then i'll tell you which one was my favorite.  That night he got me a brand new windows 8 htc phone, my collection of old cards and pictures he sent me - on actual valentine's day he had 3 bouquets delivered to me at work.  Now mind you the phone ... i currently have a samsung phone, I've had it since sept  and i wanted it.  And then after about a month or 2 I hated it!!!  it was just not working for me, my typing made me look like an idiot ... i wasn't loving it!  I had been complaining for months ... i had been trying to work with Tmobile to help me out and they just kept saying try it this way for a month and then come back.  it was the worst!!  And i wasn't complaining because i was hinting to a new phone ... i was going to wait (sadly patiently) till I could pay off this phone and get me my windows. And he surprised me with my new phone and it's under his plan!!  (I'm slowly offically becoming a Koukoulis) The cards are from the past 10 years ... yeah I saved them.  And not just cards, but little notes he left me, pictures ... everything!  He and I (when we started back dating again when I came home from Hawaii) broke up because we thought our differences would be problems for us again.   I remember this ... and I remember telling myself (when we started dating again) that if this doesn't work - I am cutting him from my life (besides the fact that he is Kekoa's father ... none of the things he gave me I will have any more)  CLEAN SLATE ... i wanted to be able to move on from "us" and be able to have a clean slate.  So when we broke up I gave him back EVERYTHING!!!  all the gifts, jewelry, cards, pictures ... i was wanting to start my clean slate. Then on Valentine's day I came to work ... normal.  I had my first bouquet of flowers delivered and they were just beautiful!!!  I loved them and the note was just heartwarming!  Then about an hour later another bouquet came in.  I was a shocked and surprised by it ... but i loved it!  I at first thought "o dear he forgot that he ordered me flowers already ... he's going to be so upset that he ordered me 2" haha ... then another hour later another bouquet came to me.  And by this point I was just so embarrassed cause i just recieved 3 stunning flowers in 1 day!  But i love flowers!  : D

So can you guess which one was my absolute favorite Vday gift?! 

If you guessed my phone ... You're wrong! 

If you guessed the flowers ... you're wrong again!

If you guessed my cards ... you're right ... and clearly have no other choices to pick from!  : D

It truly just brought tears to my eyes ... that he 1 kept them still and 2 remembered to give them back to me.  I remember ever single card ... when he gave it to me ... why he gave it to me ... and how just wonderful they were.  I remember what was happening at the time of the cards being given and I felt like I was reliving that moment all over again.  I forgot how young we were when we fell in love .. i forgot that we truly did love each other and it wasn't just kids in lust.  It was a nice reminder to me that he was just wonderful and amazing when we met and started dating ... and how he continues to be.  It was fun remembering the feelings/thoughts/dreams we shared with each other back then and how now our dreams are still the same but so much has changed since then too. 

i love my man ... with all my heart.  and to be reminded that my love for him started years ago and just continues to grow and grow each moment i'm with him ... he truly is the best "thing" that has ever happened to me!
I love you Tommie!