Tackling the Big Day....

Picture this: The bride is about to throw the bouquet. All the single women in the room are herded like cattle onto the dance floor. There are three groups of these females. First you have the 5-17 year olds that are just happy to be included. Then you have the giddy females with boyfriends, they are secretly hoping that they catch the bouquet and their boyfriend will catch the garter. Somehow they hope this will spawn a discussion of marriage on the way home, but these females will never admit that. Then you have the single women with expiration dates that are desparetely hoping to catch the bouquet. They will knock anyone out of the way, even said females in the 5-17 age group, and again this group will never admit this. Then imagine off to the side the single women with a drink in one hand, maybe in both hands, but the other hand is definetely occupied in order to make sure the bouquet is not caught. This is the category I fit into, and there are numerous pictures to prove every category of this hypothetical scenario.

Tonight I was watching a movie on a channel that I am slightly ashamed to admit that I watch. I guess I should just admit it, okay it is the Hallmark Channel. Let me defend myself before you go and judge me. I love Murder, She Wrote and Matlock, and both of these shows are aired on the Hallmark Channel. So sometimes after these shows are over they will air Hallmark movies and I sometimes get sucked in. Tonights movie was a Valentine's movie about two divorce lawyers that end up falling in love with each other. Actually the movie isn't over while I am writing, but this is Hallmark and I am guessing they fall in love.

But what sucked me into this movie was the opening scene in which they meet at some friends wedding. The girl is herded on the dance floor and has taken my position in the back, I recognized it right away! But the bouquet hit her in the head and it got stuck in her hair! Seriously she had to go to the bathroom to get it out of her hair. I thought, this is what will have to happen to me because these two hands are never going in the air in order to catch the bouquet.

Side note - Please don't mistake my tone for cynicism. If you do detect cynicism, its really not my feelings toward Valentines Day. I had to practice my arguments today before some attorney's in order to get ready for my competition next week. Lets just say after the argument one of my teamates said "Katie B that woman came at you like a pit bull on a porkchop."

Anyway back to my single life and Valentine's Day. For some reason lately many many people have tried to subtly hint that an online dating service may be a good idea. I have heard people mention that they have known successes on Match.com and EHarmony.com or WooMe.com. Honestly people I appreciate it, but I can handle my personal life just fine. Its funny I seem to be the only person not worried about this, so you don't need to worry either.

And for the record I am not bitter about Valentine's Day. Actually its kind of nice because on Friday when many of you will be fretting over a piece of jewelry that you don't really like but you have to wear, or any other gift can be inserted here, I will be enjoying my new pot from Williams Sonoma that Anna has convinced me to buy for myself for Valentine's Day. I kid I kid. No seriously I know that its the thought that counts!

Valentine's Day does celebrate love though. And I know its really intended, I guess by Hallmark, as a day of love for your significant other. But I personally can still remember back to elementary school when you could buy white, pink, and red carnations. I forgot which was which but you could buy white and pink for your friends, guys and girls. (If your school didn't do this, just imagine it did okay.) And so I guess what I am saying is, to all my friends that happen to read this, if I were still in elementary school I would buy you all white and pink carnations. I love you all and I hope God truly blesses your day...