Valentine's and TGIF

Today is finally the weekend and I am celebrating being free from school! Valentine's Day was a blast. I ended up doing nothing glamorous, romantic, or with the opposite sex, but I did manage to have a spectacular time with my girlfriends. We pretty much hung out in our pj's, ate chocolate cake and had some wine with our gossip. When I woke up that morning I knew it was going to be a fantastic day or at least I just really hoped it would be, cause it's Valentine's! I got a package the size of a printer box delivered to my door at 8:50am from my mamma. And it was filled with goodies gallor like some goldfish, granola bars, cream of wheat, jambalaya, potatoe packets, water mixes, chocolate, and socks, etc etc!!!!! Simply the best. Oh! I cooked yesterday afternoon too! My mom and gma gave me a stew receipe and said it was easy enough for me and so I decided to go shopping and cook some. I ended up having to go to the butchers to get my meat. I went in and there were a couple of old guys who acted like they had never seen a young girl in a butchers before. And they asked me if I had a Valentine yet. I said no and they laughed. They asked me where I was from. I said Im from Iowa in the U.S. of A and they laughed again. Then I told the guy behind the counter what I was cooking and he recommended shoulder steak so I went ahead and took that recommendation. He asked how many people I was cooking for, and originally I was just going to make a really tiny batch for a tester, but I didnt want to say "just one" because then I would sound sad and lonely on Valentine's and I just couldnt imagine what theyd say to that. SO, then I said two. I went to pay with my debit card and the guy's like, "oh sorry we dont have a card swiper, but dont worry just take your meat and stop back in whenever youre around this neighborhood." I was shocked and a little taken aback by this kind offer!!! But I declined and said I needed to go grocery shopping any way and I would be back in a little bit to pay. When I left the butchers the second time the guys said, "Cheers, we'll see you when you come back again!" And I thought to myself "Why yes you will because this place is great and you are very kind". Everything turned out really really well. It was quite the task searching for all the ingredients I needed though. I couldnt find tomatoe juice at all, so I ended up using tomatoe soup and it made my delicious stew a little bit sugary instead of spicy. But no harm done. And I cant find White Caro Syrup any where so I cant make some yummy fudge! Im thinking about ordering it online or something as a last resort! Any who, tonight Im going on a group date for my friend Katie. She has a possible love interest who would like to hang as a group before he asks her on a one-on-one date. I know this much information because Ive been talking with them separately and would like to give myself credit for arranging this meeting tonight. It wasnt an entirely selfless motive though, I think karma will have it's way and introduce me to a nice lad in return for my mad match making skillz. We'll just have to see!! Well I need to get ready. For next time, I will remember to talk about my first day here! It's an important and just chaotic story. Cheers!