I'm probably going to edit this post later to add some Valentine's pictures. But I have a thought right now and I want to post it before I forget. Well, first things first. I am feeling MUCH better this morning. And by much, I mean about 30%. But when you feel like death and all your extremities feel like they've been beaten around the block a few times and your abdominals ache from coughing so much and your nose is swollen and sore... then 30% feels almost like 100%... and then you remember how much you have to go to actually make it back to 100%. But I am hopeful.

Anyways, my thought. When I was in junior high I discovered name brands. Before then I was satisfied with clothes shopping at Meijer, JC Penny, or Kohls. But when junior high hit it was imperative to social existence to shop at American Eagle, Abercrombie, The Gap, etc. Oh yeah, and Aeropostale was popular there for while but the novelty of it died pretty quickly. Anyways, the funny thing about me was I was so incredibly bent on being popular (which I never really accomplished and looking back on it, I'm glad) that I even bought the sizes my friends were all buying. Meaning, I bought Medium tops and size 8 shoes. If you know me at all you know that even a size small in most stores is too big for me and I wear a size 5 shoe. How I survived without falling over myself or falling out of my clothes is beyong me! It seems so silly now. And now I am so proud of the fact that I wear an XS and a size 5 shoe. I like little feet. I hate feet in general so I'm glad mine are at least little. Anyways, that struck me as incredibly silly. The things we do when we are young and stupid. I can't believe my mom let me buy clothes and shoes so much larger than I needed. My excuse was that I could grow into them. Well, I am now 21 and I have yet to grow into a Medium top and a size 8 shoe. I think I stopped growing in 6th grade. Literally. Oh well. And I played basketball back then too. You bet my tennis shoes were a size 8. How in the world did I manage that? Ridiculous.

Update later with pictures. It was a good Valentine's Day, even if I was sick.