Valentine's Day and Secret Agents

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day. Ours was pretty low key. On Monday, I didn't work (our dryer got fixed . . . yay!), and since I had some time, I made one of Patrick's favorite dinners . . . fried shrimp, excessively cheesy and buttery potatoes, and corn on the cob. Any dinner that requires more than two pots/pans or a lot of prep and cooking time is reserved for weekends and days off, and I rarely fry anything. But Valentine's Day is a special occasion that calls for as much artery clogging food as possible.

Yesterday, Patrick showed up at the school during lunch with a gift certificate to this great little boutique that I love. Shopping beats flowers anyday . . . not that I don't love flowers . . . flowers are awesome, but clothes live so much longer than flowers. Please, don't read that sentence more than once. It's really stupid. And since I had cooked such a fabulous dinner the night before, we went out to eat Mexican last night.

As we were pulling into the driveway after dinner, Andrew asked, "Mommy when can I give you your Balentine's Day gift?" So I asked, "What did you get me for 'Balentine's' Day?" His response, "I don't know . . . what do you don't have?" I told him I didn't have a million dollars. He said, "Okay, we'll get you a million dollars, but we'll have to choke someone." Don't worry. He's not generally violent. I have know idea where he got that . . . I'll call a shrink asap.

After Andrew went to bed last night, we watched "The Double" on Netflix. Apparently, it came out last year, but I swear I have never heard of this movie. But then I generally don't see movies that are for people over the age of eight which might explain why I've never heard of it. Patrick watched it last week, and he wanted me to watch it. It stars Richard Gere, and it's about C.I.A. and F.B.I. agents that are secretly double agents (as opposed to openly being double agents). They work for both the U.S. and Russia. Of course, I couldn't just take the movie at face value. I'm still trying to figure out which country the agents were actually loyal to. I mean, were they Russian agents masquerading as agents for the U.S., or was it the other way around? I'm inclined to think that it was the first. Which really concerns me. How common are these double agents? This is causing me a lot of concern. Not to mention, I dreamed all night about secret agents and kidnappers, and people holding me at gunpoint. I woke up refreshed and ready for work.

So yeah, it was a really great Valentine's Day movie. Y'all should check it out sometime.