Valentine's Day

So, Valentine's Day ha? A day which most people eagerly look forward to, while some others dread and fret. And then, there are people like me, for whom it is just like any other day, mainly because I am yet to fall into any of the first two categories that I just mentioned. So, what do on-the-border people do on Valentine's Day? Well, we dont want to miss out on the fun of it, so this V Day, three of my categorically similar friends and I decided to go out and have dinner at a nice restaurant, partly to languish at how much fun other people are having, and partly to avoid being those who wasted a good V Day evening!

As we stood outside the door, waiting with the beeper thing in hand which would go off any moment that a "table for 4" was open, we contemplated if we should indeed go in and have dinner, and be the source of subtle entertainment to the other diners on V Day, which on any other day wouldnt have instigated any giggles whatsoever. But before we decided either way, the thing buzzed, and we bravely, but cautiously, entered the restaurant.

But guess what? We werent the only ones in there that didnt have dates. There were many guys-only tables and gals-only tables. So whew! We werent the main attraction in the room at all!

We drove back home after a sumptous dinner, squabbling over the car heater, the tortilla chips, and the to-go boxes. As we entered the campus, we saw a gal jogging along on the pavement. At least we buddies had a nice dinner and a good time, but she was alone, on a cold night, jogging all by herself. So, I guess, not everybodys V Day was a hoot!