feel the love

everyone hereabouts is decidedly giddy today. it's completely understandable on a payday friday, but today is extra special. this year, the company participated in a 'heart-o-gram' program. for one buck, you could send a note and a chocolate heart to someone with the proceeds going to the heart & stroke foundation. on the surface, it sounds like a really neat idea, right? not to me! of course, i fully admit i'm still working through my issues with similar schemes we participated in during highschool. the whole cruel popularity contest of sending and receiving 'candy-grams', as they were called at my school, turned me completely off the idea. i told several people that i didn't want to receive any and that i was not going to send any. i didn't want to participate unless i could be assured that everyone in the company would get at least one. so, considering my anti-valentine sentiments already brewing in my black little heart, you can imagine the absolute shock i experienced upon finding the little pink devil on my desk. not one. not two. not even three of them. ten. yes, ten people sent me little pieces of chocolatey goodwill. at first i was annoyed they didn't listen to me and then i was annoyed that they would send me chocolate (don't they know i'm counting points?!). then i started to get a warm feeling inside. they love me! aww! now i'm feeling guilty i didn't send any, though. in other news, i'm wearing the tommy hilfiger jeans which didn't really fit before. go me! p.s. if you requested a valentine it's on its way. i hope they all get to their homes before tomorrow!