valentine's day, hooray??? hmmmmm....

a lesson to all of you approaching the age of 30. stay away from any sort of heavy lifting...

ok, so we left philly with me being a complete invalid. was it the elliptical run with no stretching? or perhaps the 3 hour car ride directly after....ah, no, none of the above...it was the running and holding and choo-choo train game playing with my nephew that landed me in this current world that i call "back pain hell." now, mind you, i don't have any regrets as my rigorous playing was intended to keep my nephew christian from feeling neglected as everyone oohed and ahhed over my new niece. but i must say, it created a great palette for what was to become a hilarious valentine's day celebration.

after arriving at our humble abode, i took a muscle relaxer, some tylenol and passed out. i don't remember anything from that moment until the next morning when i couldn't lift my head and needed the assistance of my hubby to pee. pretty pathetic i must say but has definitely opened my eyes to his unconditional love even more so than i could have ever expected. yes, as i sat there with spasms and flatulence, d took care of business without even a word of frustration. he is the most amazing, incredible person on this earth and i love him to death!

after about 10 hours of heat packs, ice packs and pain killers, we decided to attempt our journey to morton's for his surprise steak dinner celebration. now, this is where your imagination is truly necessary.

the scene:
lisa on muscle relaxers, babbling God knows what to herself and laughing quietly while playing with her steak knife

the waiter forgetting everything from my napkin to our dessert

lisa knocking her wine glass over, then quickly catching it, creating what had to be the best moment in ninja history. i never felt more asian.

dwayne scraping his poor wife off the chair to guide her home for beddy-bye.