I am not an angry girl, but it seems like I've got everyone fooled

I'm not going to call this the most romantic day of the year. Punky likes to rebel against fabricated romance by being annoyed the whole day (and playing two boot hockey games this evening).

Bec is off to France today. I now have ten days without phone calls to/from her or any of her plans that include me, which means I should get a lot done and will miss her something crazy in about nine days.

In the meantime, I have cleaning to do. They came and fixed my phone line, replacing the 1950's original line. I did have a lovely conversation with a woman after we both tried to make a call, not to each other. I also had fun testing the new line by wandering around the house, which made Nuschler turn in quick circles all excited.

Recently I talked about making new friends. I like a range of friends of all ages who offer up wisdom, energy and resources. The hard part is that there are friends I have to let go of (if you are reading this, it's probably not you). Heart-breaking, but necessary.

[insert sad rendition of "circle of life"]

(Song lyric from "Not a Pretty Girl" by Ani DeFranco, who cheers me up when I'm sad, calms me down when I am mad and reminds me to fight the good fight.)