simply delightful

We are back home after an absolutely wonderful Valentine's Day weekend sojourn. Anyone who says that Feb 14th is for single people, or that it fades in significance the longer you spend with someone, is mistaken. Even after a decade of marriage it can be a romantic, delicious, heart-warming occasion, if you both make effort, and both make it about the other person. I won't go into details, as it's none of your business, and because what is special for one couple isn't necessarily going to be the same for others, so you might read about how we spent our time together and think, "Why the Hell did you do that?"
But today was made even better by watching TWO separate Gold Medal-winning performances by British Winter Olympians. TWO on the same day! For the first time ever! And it was made all the more special by the fact that Philippa and I watched them both together, even though neither of us are particularly patriotic or knowledgeable about Winter sports. Supporting our countrymen and women as they pursued athletic excellence and achieved things only a rare handful ever get to achieve, and watching it together as a couple, was just wonderful, especially as both gold medals came in events where a man and a woman worked together as a team.
Soppy? Yes. Sentimental? So be it. It has been a very, very memorable day and a very, very special weekend.

RC 15-2-26