Double post but hell it is a holiday

After receiving the valentine from Tom and Miren yesterday I started to remember my childhood and how we celebrated Valentine's Day at school. You all remember when your biggest worry was the 20 addition problems you had for homework and what kind of afternoon snack you were going to eat while vegging out on the 8-bit Nintendo (I'm still a God at Ice Hockey and Excitebike). School activities would consist of the day or two before you would take an old shoe box, add some red, pink, and white construction paper to it, throw on some hearts (or little circles with a point for those with scissor issues) and cut a big slot in it for preparations of all the great valentines you would be getting for your fellow classmates. The night before the big party you would sit up at the counter and try to write as nice as possible the names of all your classmates while trying to pick out the best cards from the box to give to your friends or the girls that you wanted to hold hands with. Then you would tape on the candy or stickers or whatever junk you gave out and stuff them in envelopes awaiting the big party the next day. Once in school the real fun would begin as each cluster of desks would be released to disperse their valentines. You would watch as the other children would make their way around the room dropping their Toy Story, Barbie, or Fraggle Rock cards into the slots of their peers. After everything was passed out the teacher released you to open up your cards and enjoy the rest of the day munching on candy and seeing how "Pam" signed her name (does that "a" look like a heart to you?). In the spirit of the holiday and due to the fact that I don't have a date tonight I made a valentine for all of you. Take care and TRY to get some sleep tonight. -B.