Best of times, worst of times...

Not necessarily in that order!

I had high hopes for this Valentine's day. My plans were to start the day with a nice romantic breakfast with Barbara, and then have some friends over for dinner. Kai decided instead to spend most of last night screaming, so breakfast didn't quite work out as planned. And our friends realized that they had preexisting plans with some family visiting from out-of-town.

So tired, hungry, and cranky, Barbara and I started what looked like our worst Valentine's day together.

We finally made it out of the house at around 10:30. Things started looking up when we discovered it would not rain after all! We found parking immediately on one of the busiest streets in La Jolla, and had a fantastic breakfast. We followed that up with a perfect day at La Jolla Cove, and finished the day by cooking dinner together: mushroom risotto and a chocolate amaretto torte. We sat by the fire with Kai in our arms and Esteban curled by our feet.

As low key as it was, it was one of the best Valentine's days I've had.