Love Actually Is All Around

I know I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy working on my new blog "Last Leaf" which is where I'm going to chronicle my reading of the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die. I think it's easier than posting them all on this blog. So check that out if you're interested. I've spent almost my entire snow day break writing reviews of the 50 or so books on the list I've previously read.

Anyway, today is Valentine's Day, and it's a good thing I don't actually have a boyfriend because if I did I wouldn't be able to do anything. I've had a cough for about a month or so and over the past week it turned into a raging head cold. I think it's a sinus infection. But that doesn't matter. My feeling crappy shouldn't stop me from taking some time to appreciate all my loved ones: my family that means so much to me, my friends that keep me happy and smiling, and those who aren't really in my life as much that I miss spending time with. I love you all and thank you for everything you've taught me. You have shaped me into who I am today. I don't have anything too profound to say, my head is too congested for that, but I'm leaving you with this video.

The film Love Actually is very near and dear to my heart, and Hugh Grant's beginning dialog offers important words to live by. Valentine's Day isn't about being with a boyfriend or girlfriend or feeling badly for your own lack of said significant other. It's about celebrating the many kinds of love you experience day after day. It's something I think we all take for granted. So today, remember that, even if it may not seem to be true, love actually is all around.