If you find yourself caught in love

February Free Month is rapidly coming to a close, and my bragging rights are growing fainter. My family would be ashamed of me. Free count for this month: a Corona from the bartender at Academy Lanes. Pretty pathetic.

But it was really good.

St. V's Day, one of my favourite, should-be-statutory holidays, was such a lovely day:
We leave the somnolent hamlet of Benito around noon (anticipated departure: 10:00am, not too bad) and arrive at my cousin's home around 18:30. I make the responsible decision to skip my class that night and stay the night at my cousin's instead. We make our way to the bowling alley, where we celebrate Hearts Day with some of the most inadvertently ridiculous bowling I have ever experienced. A bartender begins to poke fun at my bowling in a drawling, quasi-flirtatious tone. I am both amused and annoyed and ready to sharply reprimand him. Realize that bartender knows me from class. Ask bartender for free bowling, and when that is deemed unattainable, he offers free drinks instead. Good enough for me!

There is something about Valentine's Day that is so completely lovable. It may be the colours, the candy, the impractical tiny cards, or just the encircling sweetness of the day. All I know is that the Lilliputian envelopes emblazoned with curlicued names and bearing my signature will not be ceasing any year too soon.


If you find yourself caught in love
Say a prayer to the man above
Thank him for everything you know
You should thank him for every breath you blow
If you find yourself caught in love
Say a prayer to the man above
You should thank him for every day you pass
Thank him for saving your sorry ass...