On Valentine’s Day

I couldn’t agree with you more.  It’s a Capitalist Plot: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, the whole damn lot should all be banned.  Let’s keep the world drab, grey and uneventful as it was always meant to be.  Let’s just have one day following another, plodding endlessly, until finally, we step off the edge and it’s all over.

I admit I used to be like you, a staunch member of the fun police, determined not to become a tool of capitalism.  Now I’m old and I just don’t give a damn,  so a few days ago, I arranged for my dear boy to be sent a rose and half a dozen heart shaped chocolates …  to his workplace.  Two reasons.

1.  He’s had a hellish week being the only doctor working in a 5 doctor practice.  Maximum stress and pressure not only trying to see everyone who needed him, but giving them the care and attention they deserved.  He could do with a pleasant surprise.

2.  I thought it might cause some trouble and make him the subject of local gossip.  Who exactly is this person, with very bad taste in flowers, who is stalking the doctor.  Does his poor wife know etc etc.  I’m hoping the rumours will get back to me later this week.

So, there we are.  I’ve started the week with a rosy pink day.  The greyness will be back soon enough.  Don’t judge me.