What Day is It?

In the "Anna's so clueless" file, today is apparently Valentine's Day. This is a fact I was unaware of for a few reasons:

1.) I thought this past Thursday was my work anniversary, Feb. 19. It was not. It was Feb. 12.

2.) I did not pack up any leftovers for lunch on the aforementioned Thursday of Confusion because I thought it was the day my department was going out to lunch for a coworker's birthday. It was not.

3.) I'm not really a Valentine's Day person.

So imagine my surprise when I awoke this morning to "Happy Valentine's Day!" and a collection of cute origami hearts (pictured above) arranged on the coffee table downstairs (on top of our current coffee table puzzle - a winter scene in Amish country, go figure).  Now, before everyone freaks out and calls Dr. James Dobson on me, Jesse and I actually talked about not buying into Valentine's Day. He's just cute, so he made me origami hearts regardless.

If you buy into it, Happy Valentine's Day. If you don't, go read this rant I wrote in undergrad and forgive the (literally) sophomoric writing.

Addendum: I am not as angry of a person as I was my sophomore year in college. Also, I thoroughly enjoyed the cuteness of the origami hearts.

The Age of Jack Bauer

I have never seen even one iota of an episode of 24. I did however, recently turn 24, so I feel rather qualified to comment on the subject. I think 24 is a more appropriate age for me than 23 and I have a few goals / hopes / dreams / prospects (henceforth to be referred to as "G0HoDrePro's") for the year:

1.) Post on this blog more often.

2.) Convert this blog into a complete website with a much cooler template and an updated photo gallery.

3.) Figure out what the proverbial "next step" in life is and make sincere efforts toward it.

4.) Stop agonizing over GoHoDrePro #3 so much and just take a step already.

5.) Read more fiction books. I don't do that enough and I'm starting to think I'm missing out on some great stuff. (Any suggestions?)

6.) Increase my vocabulary.

7.) Take the GRE.

8.) Stop agonizing over GoHoDrePro #7 so much and just take the GRE already.

9.) Spend a lot of time outdoors.

10.) Go kayaking at least once this summer.

11.) Play my guitar more often.

12.) Go to more concerts.

13.) Exercise consistently so my knees work properly again.

14.) Stop being so old. I'm only 24, for the love.