Valen-whine's Day

Remember those days when you enjoyed a lovely romantic meal with your loved one and swapped little Valentines gifts and gazed lovingly into each others eyes?
If they ever happened to me, they evaporated after getting married.
Philippa came in foul of mood after a run-in at work with a patient. I was already hacked off after a day of bowel pain and constipation that may or may not (but probably may) have been connected to how many pancakes I guzzled yesterday. And to top it all off we had a power cut for no apparent reason that lasted nearly two hours.  On a better day, in better moods, we may have made the best of the situation by bringing in a takeaway and eating it surrounded by candles, but we were both in a bad frame of mind already so we just ended up snapping at each other, blaming each other, and wallowing in a state of darkness.
One positive thing - it did remind me of a very funny Bert and Ernie sketch from Sesame Street, in which they are stuck without electricity and can’t think of anything to do because everything around them needs electricity to work. Informative, and entertaining too. As soon as the power came back on I fired up YouTube and watched it.  Which didn’t sit well with Philippa. I should have been rushing to the cooker or checking the freezer apparently. 
Ah, well. 

RC 14-2-18