I no longer hate Valentine's Day.

As some of you may now, for about 2 weeks now, the infamous DB and I have been planning to go to dinner for Valentine’s day at Capriccio’s downtown. Well of course, I got a sore throat the day before, and by the time we met, I had no voice. And of course, he made it ok. We met in the lobby about 15 minutes before our reservations, and he greeted me with a hug and a kiss, and then I told him I couldn’t talk, and he said it was ok, he would do most of the talking and read my lips. So as we waited, he got me a glass of water (he didn’t bring a straw the first time and had to go back, but said not to hesitate to tell him what I needed, and that I’d only have to tell him once, then he’d know), and I gave him a small painting (about 2.5 x 3 inches) I had made for him a while ago, and he loved it.

Then we went inside and it was nice, He said he asked the people at the restaurant if it was very noisy because his date lost her voice. He teased that I shouldn’t worry about my voice because it was probably all due to the black cloud that follows him, and would probably be better tomorrow. I told him I thought about canceling because I didn’t want to make him sick, but just couldn’t after all the trouble we’ve had coordinating schedules, and he said that he was glad I didn’t as long as it didn’t hurt my throat to talk.

We soon ordered dinner. I had soup, which we agreed might help my throat, and coke. He had salmon and veggies with diet coke. We talked non-stop, and we covered a lot of topics, some personal, and some not, and there were barely any lapses. As we talked, people would come up to him and speak to him, and he later told me that if he didn’t introduce me, it meant he didn’t know their name, which I thought was funny.

Did I mention how nice he looked in his black pants, black jacket, and black shirt with no tie? He commented that we both wore black and that he brought his camera and wanted to get a picture, but we forgot until we were leaving and it was too late.

After dinner, we decided to get dessert and share. I was worried about him eating after me, but he wasn’t and insisted I take the first bite of the godiva chocolate cake which was awesome! By this time we realized it was 9:50! (we had started at 7:15) and since I couldn’t talk over the noise, he called to see if my dad was waiting. He was, so DB walked me out and talked to my dad for a second, then he kissed me on the cheek and left.

He said to email him if I want to go see a movie soon, and I just might!
:)