Blue Valentine

I spent Valentine's day trapped inside a windowless room where I was forced to watch instructional videos about formative assessment for eight hours straight. I spoke a total of forty words.

After a full day of meetings, all I wanted to do was consume alcohol with my single lady friends. We went to test the local fare and wine selection down the main road. The restaurant was desolate at 4pm. Tumbleweeds rolled across the floor. However, the staff refused to seat our lonely hearts club. They said they had reservations booked in the following hour. We had to leave.The host encouraged us to come back another time. We took our business elsewhere.

I bought two cigars to smoke with a friend on the roof of an academic building, but that never happened either. She came home late. I was too tired from confinement. We decided to reschedule. I put my PJ's on. I tried to watch a sappy chick-flick and failed. So, I crawled in bed. I fell asleep reading Abagail Thomas.