February celebrations...

...are in the air. So, as lady Ciccone used to sing lately, "I'm gonna party, it's a celebration" and "let's get this started, no more hesitation"!

YES! It's time for Carnival and today it's also Valentine's Day. HAPPY VALENTINE'S EVERYBODY!! It's time to celebrate love. I must admit that, for me, Valentine's Day is a very commercial celebration, mostly invented to sell more chocolate, jewels, flowers and everything else...but in my opinion it's not one day that makes the difference in a love story. This is to say that , if it's real love, every day should be special and not only February,14th! It's not chocolate or expensive gifts that enrich a relationship, but love in everyday little things, helping and supporting each other, loving and appreciating even those "little" defects that our loved-one has, but whitout those she or he wouldn't be the same person we are in love with. For me it's like this: I love Ely in every little things she does, in all the little attentions she gives me everyday, in her creativity and joy, in her way to live life and do things everyday with passion. My life with her is like a never-ending Valentine's Day!

By the way, it's normal that, especially at the beginning of a love story or when we were teenagers or young adults, this celebration was more like a status-symbol, a way to show to the others that we love, we are loved and feel special. I remember a Valentine's Day with an old girlfriend many years ago. For me it was the first year of college, for her the last of high school. During the week she couldn't go out, so we were usually dating on weekends and basically we didn't know each other very well. We had been dating for about 2 months when Valentine's Day came along, and by that time we hadn't told our families about the relationship, mostly because we were young and didn't feel like make it serious so early. So I had a brilliant idea: why not buying a wooden flower so she could hide it, but still have it? LOL And so I bought her a wooden red rose. Actually, there's nothing like real flowers, but this wooden one was very well made and the shop assistant made a great packaging. I was very proud. So when the day arrived, I proudly gave her my flower and she gave me some chocolates with hazelnuts. Up to this point all sound perfect and pretty normal...but, after the excitement for the gifts, the cards and the date out (I don't remember what we did and where we went)...at the end of the date I took her home but I noticed she wanted to tell me something, but was a little embarrassed. She was there, in front of me with her wooden flower and told me :"Well, it must sound strange, but...well...ehm...I have always hated receiving flowers! And now I have this wooden one, I have this little purse, how can I go back home with this? My parents will do questions about it.... where can I hide it?" I was wild-eyed! What kind of girl doesn't like flowers?!?!? Anyway, we had to find a solution, because , fortunately, the rude option to give the flower back to me or leave it in my car was even not mentioned (but probably considered by her! :) ). So we started to check the structure of the wooden rose, and I found out that it was made by different wooden pieces and it was possible to take it into pieces. Fortunately those pieces fit perfectly in her mini purse and she could go home with her broken wooden Valentine's flower. Anyway, I was nice enough to do not tell her that, at that time, I hated those chocolates with hazelnuts she gave me and, moreover, I was allergic!!! Now I remember with fun that Valentine's. But I can tell it was a real disaster!!!!!!! :))

Do you have a funny episode happened on Valentine's Day to share too? :)

Today Ely and I will do nothing but stay together and enjoy our love like we always do. We will spoil ourselves with a nice couple of little pastries shaped like hearts and full of something good (they are still in the fridge, but they look delicious!) that we bought yesterday. So we will have a little Valentine's celebration...because, beyond all the good words and feelings, it's always a good occasion to celebrate, especially celebrate love!!! Furthermore in about 10 days we will be in London for our musical weekend and that will be like a romantic gateway and another good occasion to celebrate love together! :) Ahhhhhh, l'amour!!!!! (^_^)

Here in Italy Carnival is also a big celebration and we are in the middle of it. For many reasons we aren't celebrating it and our annual trip to Venice for the Carnival was cancelled this time. It should have been this weekend. In fact finally we moved into the new office, we had to work hard the other days to move and reorder all the files and stuff, and so we have to work this weekend to have everything set for next week. I have millions of post-it everywhere to remember all the things I have behind and I can't finish those tasks that my desk is full of other things to do (always, why?!?) urgently! Damn!

The office isn't finished yet though. We have planned to go to IKEA next Saturday to buy the last things we need like shelves, curtains, some decorations, frames and some stationaries. As soon as it will be done, I'll make a post to show you the final result of the "extreme makeover" we did to this space...I should have some pictures of what it was before...it has been long, hard, expensive but we succeeded! YESSSSSSS!

And of course, we won't loose the occasion to celebrate the opening of the new office with a party! Are you coming? ;)

So Let's get it started....yeah...