A somewhat chaotic Valentine’s Day with TYG definitely beats a perfect Feb. 14 all alone (#SFWApro)

When I mentioned we had car trouble a week and a half back, I was being rather oblique. The truth is, TYG got hit; she’s fine, thank goodness, but the car was totaled (hence sucking up most of my focus and time that day). Everyone’s clear it wasn’t her fault, and everyone’s been cooperative so she decided not to talk about it online so nobody would take offense (and even now, I’m not giving details). This is relevant to the story of Feb. 14.

Story begins Friday night when TYG had an unrelated non-car accident and sprained her ankle. So we spent much of Friday night at the emergency care. And while she can walk fine in an air boot and is healing fast, she’s not up to walking Plush Dog, who pulls vigorously. So I’m walking both dogs.

Which explains why Valentine’s Day was … busy.

Up, walk two dogs, grab fast breakfast.

Go to car place, where we found our replacement vehicle (we’re pretty pleased,though I’m going to miss the seat warmers this time of year).

Come back, walk dogs.

Take Plush Dog to vet for possible pain problems (conclusion: nothing serious but he’s on anti-inflammatories just in case).

Go out food shopping as we couldn’t do it Friday night.

Walk dogs.

Then the romance kicked in as we went out to dinner at Sage, one of our favorite restaurants here. I’ve never had a bad meal there.

Then home … and the power went out. Followed by marshaling our flashlights, recharging cell phones off our computers, and wondering how cold it would get (fortunately it came on after a few hours). Plus the last walk of the day—man, I’d forgotten how dark it gets when the sky is overcast and there’s no human light. Good to remember for writing, sometimes.

So no chance to post (time-travel reviews will be Monday). And quite exhausting. But still much, much, much more joy than sitting around wondering why I’m always alone on Valentine’s Day. So thanks, TYG.