Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. While I’ve already delivered my personal greetings personally, since it’s the day anyway, and since I’m here and all, I’ll offer more public greetings to my lovely wife, who, if I’m doing the math right, I shared what might constitute a first unofficial “date” with 18 years ago tomorrow. That fact is very cool, even if it makes me feel old, which, let’s face it, I am.

Anyway, the weekend, though not any longer than usual, felt a lot longer due to the activities contained within. I started behind, given that work dragged on a bit longer on Thursday night than any of us would have liked, getting me home just slightly before bedtime.

Friday, however was cool, because, as you’ll note from the post below, we got new toys. The spouse and I upgraded our mobile phones to shiny new Android-based Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S devices, which are, let’s face it, pretty cool and Star Trek-ey, and have way more features than I might ever possibly use, but they’re fun things to play with anyway. It was kind of time to upgrade, and the stores were running specials, and for the first time ever, I find myself in posession of a cellular device that’s not a few generations back. I am a luddite no more.

Saturday into Sunday I had a house full of pre-teen girls. They’re good kids, but wow, are they loud. I fed them pizza, watched a movie or two, and played some games. I also managed to sneak away for a while to prepare and file my taxes, so that’s one more chore done.

Sunday’s honestly kind of a blur; somewhere along the line we cleaned the house, mostly, I did a bunch of laundry, and packed a bag for the week. How that happened, and in exactly what order, though, I couldn’t tell you.