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Y'all, I was too confident.

I was on top of the world after absolutely killing Blair's birthday. Downright cocky. As I left for work this morning, I left a big vase of beautiful flowers, a card, and chocolates on the kitchen counter for Blair to find when she woke up. I was sure I was still winning, eager to come home and give her the two gifts I'd gotten her - the ring and the [REDACTED].

I was much too confident.

I come home, hear music. Venture down the hall into the kitchen, and find the vase I left plus another vase of red roses, a heart shaped candle burning, a dish with a chocolate covered red velvet bundt cake and a pair of forks, two crystal decanters, several wrapped presents, and red rose petals everywhere.

I peek into the bedroom to look for Blair and see the bed has been stripped down to just the bottom sheet and covered in rose petals, all our favorite [REDACTED] lined up in a neat row on the night stand.

What a Dark Horse. She is not the sort to really go all out with gift giving, and planning/orchestrating this sort of stuff just isn't her bag. But somehow! Somehow, she did this, and it was incredible. This sort of thing has never happened to me before. What she wrote in the card made me cry. I've never felt so loved and cherished.

We went out for dinner at a local Indian place, and it was wonderful. At home we had wine, ate the bundt cake, and [REDACTED] with the [REDACTED] we got at the local [REDACTED] downtown.

Oh, man.

I hope y'all had a lovely Valentine's Day, or a wonderful Saturday if you don't observe the commercial love holiday.

Blair's birthday went off perfectly.

The minute she left for class I got my ass in gear making her cake. A copycat (or closest approximation I could find) of Trader Sam's coconut cake, the cake we had at Disneyland that she said was her new favorite cake. I made my own letters out of melted chocolate in a silicone mold (Happy Name Day), and used a hunk of rock candy to represent a kyber crystal. Painted the crystal and the letters with edible UV luster dust to make them glow, which she was absolutely enchanted by, to my pride and delight.

Drove her downtown and walked to the secret location where the rage vault is located, which was her surprise birthday activity. She's been mentioning how the state of the world has been making her feel more fearful, agitated, aggressive, and that she doesn't know where to put these feelings, so this is why I thought this would be a great surprise activity. We were shown to the back where she could select a bunch of protective gear: jumpsuit, eyewear, helmet with visor, gloves, and choose a couple of weapons. She selected baseball bat and crowbar. Then, for twenty minutes, she got to break and assortment of items in that room to a loud aggressive metal soundtrack. It was a sight to behold. They let me go in too, and cower in a little alcove so I could take a few pictures and some video. It was wild standing there watching her go savage, while shards of exploding glass sailed past me (of course I was wearing protective gear too).

Afterward, we walked further downtown to eat at one of her favorite places, a gourmet woodfire pizza place. I sent her to get a table and ordered our pizza, a salad, and a couple of glasses of wine. After that, we headed to The Pearl, the cutest little hometown creamery you ever saw, for some ice cream.

Back home, I made her wait by the door while I arrange everything on the counter. Set the cake out, check. Arrange her gifts and card, check. Make sure 7 foot tall life size cardboard standee of Bode Akuna is in place, check.

She lost her mind over the giant Bode, which is exactly the reaction I wanted. Enjoyed her gifts. Also enjoyed a long shower and the massage that followed. I love a good chance to spoil her, and it was an absolute joy to put a birthday together for her. The first of either of our birthdays that we have been able to spend together in person.

Valentine's Day is tomorrow. I've already gotten a bunch of flowers and arranged them myself in a nice vase, and have wrapped the ring I bought in Washington. I'll leave the flowers on the counter so that she sees them first thing in the morning. I have to work in the morning, but in the evening, we're gonna go and get Indian food. This is also our first Valentine's Day together in person, so I'm excited and happy.