First, I went to Michael's craft store and bought all kinds of pretty paper and stickers and ribbon to make the perfect Valentine's Day card. Then, I bought his favorite candies, including an R2D2 Pez dispenser (he's a Star Wards nerd). Two days later, my husband says they're starting to turn mail around to the sender because they're close to coming home. So great, I've bought all this cool stuff, and now I can't even give him anything on Valentine's Day...
On my way home today, on Valentine's Day, I had an epiphany! When my husband is home, I sing to him. Non-stop. Every day. Sometimes pop songs. Sometimes country songs. Sometimes Disney songs. When he's away, he likes for me to sing to him over Skype, send him videos, or send him music tracks (mp3's or what-have-you). I did so every now and then, but life kind of took over and I didn't have the time or patience to sit down with my guitar and record over and over. So, I think it's been about 8 months since I had sent him any of my music, and every other phone call, he made sure I remembered how much I was slacking. I decided on the way home, that the perfect impromptu Valentine's Day gift--that he'll love more than any card or candy or other gift--is a song. So I got home from work, grabbed my guitar and decided on Taylor Swift's "Ours" because he sent me the lyrics to that song a while back when I was having a rough time. Interestingly enough, the video is about a military wife/girlfriend living in a world where no one understands what it's like for her soldier to be gone. So, I recorded a video of me singing it and just posted it to his Facebook profile. It took me like 5 minutes to hit post because I don't like other people to hear me sing or even know that I do. He's currently sleeping, and likely snowed in, so I'm so excited for it to be the first thing he sees tomorrow morning when he gets up and makes his way to the MWR :) My video is below! I'm not great, but I just did it for him. I'm not too worried what others think about it.
And now on to my presents! This morning, well at 3AM this morning when I woke up in the middle of the night, I checked my Facebook and had this cute post from him:
And so I'm sailing through the sea, to an island where we'll meet. You'll hear the music fill the air, I'll put a flower in your hair.....I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend. lucky to have been where I have been, lucky to be coming home again. One last holiday missed love due to me being a BA in life but this is the last one, I promise. I love you so much. Happy Valentines Day Love. ♥
Yep, he's adorable. It made me cry. I know that sounds dumb, but when a husband is deployed, it's a lot harder for them to show their emotions. So, I don't get to hear stuff like this too often these days. Not because he loves me any less, but because he has to be persistent at keeping tough to survive there. He's still plenty sweet to me, but little messages and notes are a cherry on top.
Then, I got home to find flowers on my front porch. I wasn't expecting those at all, so they were a nice surprise! The lilies in them are so pretty! The card inside them was so cute. The whole "eat these chips" thing is an inside joke. When we first started dating, we stayed somewhere in a hotel, and the moron left a bag of chips on the nightstand and wrote a note to the cleaning lady and said something along the line of "These chips are perfectly fine and I didn't want them to go to waste. PFC Hirn." I laughed hysterically before telling him they would probably throw them away anyways.
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