Not your typical Valentine's Day

I've been reading every one's posts about Valentine's day and it made me want to share.  Drew and I had a very stressful, exciting and enlightening Valentine's day this year.  We didn't spend it eating yummo Italian food with a big bottle of vino by candlelight.  We were in Tempe, Arizona-auditioning/interviewing for grad school. 

Drew and I flew out on Sunday night on the LAST flight out of Charleston.  Drew had a super busy day as he played trumpet in church that morning and had a matinee performance of his show(25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).  We had a short layover in ATL with a BAD food court dinner experience...I will spare you the deets on that one!  We arrived in Arizona a little before Midnight (their time).  Got our overly priced rental car...boo Priceline and drove to our VERY nice Sheraton...Yay Priceline!  Sidenote-the LA Angels, who were in spring training in Tempe, were staying in our hotel. 

The next morning, Valentine's day, we drove to the campus of the school and did our thing.  We will have several weeks before we know the outcome...but we know God is in control and if one or both of us is supposed to be in school...His will be done!

Our 2nd night, V-day night, we stayed with family.  My aunt Jean lives in Phoenix.  Oddly enough, this was my 2nd time meeting her. The first time I was only a year old....so needless to say I don't remember her.    While Drew was sitting in on a class Monday afternoon I went to my aunt's house to drop our stuff off and visit with her. I had such a blast getting to know her.  She is a very neat woman who had lots of stories to tell.  I found out that she and her husband, Uncle Joe, got married after only 11 days of courting. WOW...11 days...He always told people it wasn't right for everyone but was for them.  They were married for 54 years when he passed away.  She also told me about their first Valentine's Day.  They'd only been married about 6 months at the time and the card he got her said "To my Friend".  She was SO distraught and couldn't believe it didn't say "To my Wife" or "To my love". He told her he liked the picture better in the "friend" card.  Such a typical man ; ).

That night her son, my cousin, came over with his wife and we all went to dinner together.  They treated us to a great mexican place, and if you know us, you KNOW we love mexican.  It was such a special and fun night.  We were both beyond exhausted but enjoyed our getting to know new family.  The best part was after spending time with my aunt I felt like I'd known her my whole life. What a great, special and different Valentine's Day.