Valentine's Day - by Daniel

Hi, blog and everybody who reads it. This is Daniel. First of all, I just wanted to make sure you knew I have me the greatest gal this side of Neptune. I told Kim recently that I like to go on adventures, so for Valentine's Day, she set me on a scavenger hunt. Loved it! I've got a funky idea of romance; I get excited about getting clues and driving around town. Anyway, at work today, I look in my box and find a note telling me to go to the Panther City Coffee shop. Well, I'm excited. To say the least. An adventure! I get there with wide-eyed wonder trying to figure out what surpriseful happiness awaits me. I go to the counter and realize I'm supposed to order whatever I want, so I did (an Almond Joy...coconut, mocha, almond stuff, etc.) and went upstairs where I greeted my sweet bride. We sat down and talked about stuff, and then the barista came upstairs and brought Kim a chai on the house; she just thought Kim's schemings were so sweet and thought she should have a chai. We thought that was cool; I'm sure you agree. Then Kim gave me the next clue, which was to go find her car and look under her seat. So I did so and found my GPS I got for Christmas and a note saying we're going to find our first geocache! I was so thrilled I positively fainted! Not really, but I thought I'd just say that. If you're not familiar with geocaching, I will explain. My buddy Ryan introduced me to it. It's basically treasure hunting for geeky, lazy people who don't want to bother trying to make out the smudges and clues on pirate maps. Instead, they go online and find the exact latitude & longitude coordinates of the cache. Then they enter the coordinates into their handheld GPS and drive, bike, canoe, or pogo-stick to the location. When they find the geocache (which is essentially a box with a visitor log and little trinkets inside), they sign the log, take a trinket, and leave a new trinket. It's a fun little global subculture. Anyway, it was pretty cold, so we just drove there and when we got to the place, we didn't really find it, cuz it was like in someone's house or something. We were confused, timid, cold, and hungry, so we decided to just be happy we were together and go get some food and try the geocache thing again sometime soon. And my oh my, this blog entry is becoming a lengthy ordeal, so I shall try to wrap things up. After a strange and hurried pit stop at our friends Mike and Tina's home, we went back to the house and Kim blindfolded me before entering. I sat down, thinking we were supposed to be getting something and then going back to Mike and Tina's, Kim unblindfolded me to a beautiful spread of things Kim knew I would love--sweet notes, candy, festiveness--an overwhelming deluge of thoughtfulness. I was speechless. Then she made me a lip-smackingly tasty dinner of salmon and loaded potatoes. Fantastico! Bravo, Kim. I do love that gal. A great Valentine's Day.