Valentine's Day

[alice_loves_cats]

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wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
> 
> I was just wondering what you all are planning for Valentine's Day.  
> This is the first year my husband and I couldn't find a sitter, so we 
> are stuck this year.  I guess this means I have to cook again.
> 
> Cheer me up.  Is anyone doing anything special?
> 
> Paula


Personally, I feel like Bridget Jones: boyfriend has gone off on
business to Rome, and here I am sitting at home alone in Budapest,
watching my telephone just in case he decides to text me. 

What I'm going to be DOING today is: I've got to prepare for an oral
exam in my specialcollege for social theory, which includes reading a
shocking amount of Marx, Adam Smith, Keynes and co. What HE's doing:
renting a motorcycle with his friends (diplomacy ended yesterday) and
whizzing around Rome happily. Together with this girl Eszter, who's
boyfriend was also left at home cruelly for Valentine's Day. 

But Valentine's Day is a controversial thing around here. It's
considered something icky American that we still don't seem to be able
to banish completely from our lives. These awful balloons are
everywhere, and everybody's pretty sarcastic. But hey, someone
actually BUYS the stuff - otherwise it really wouldn't be there year
after year. 

But a Valentine's Day snog would've been nice. Ah well. 

Alice, from little Hungary