Being "Alone" on Valentine's Day

   The first thing I did this morning, it being Valentine's Day, was to roll over and start the day off right with my boyfriend Laptop. I lay in bed (didn't even sit up) and updated my FB status to: I'm never alone because food. Then I literally laughed out loud to myself (still lying in bed) about how funny the word "food" is. So yeah, I think it's going to be a pretty great day.
   But actually, this is the first time in two years that I will be "alone" on Valentine's Day. Realtalk here, I'm kind of excited. That's not to say that the gentlemen I was seeing this time last year and the year before didn't do a great job at being gentlemen, it's just that I'm really d to be on my own. Every year, people throw a lot of shade at Valentine's Day, saying stuff like "you're alone everyday of the year, why are you complaining today?" For the most part, I agree with that statement. However....
   Since when am I alone? I have three killer roommates who never leave me hanging. I literally am almost never alone in that way. I've made some really great friends in my classes this year (overcoming crippling shyness aaawww yeah). I receive so much mail from my mother I probably make the mailman jealous. And I have like 400 FB friends to lurk (and thats not even that many by FB standards)! But because I don't have a boyfriend right now, I'm alone? That shit, I don't mind saying, is cray. Also, just because I'm not going steady with anyone, doesn't mean the next men aren't bout it bout it.
   But lets forget about the next men for a minute. Yesterday was Galentine's Day (see Parks and Recreation, episode 2.16). My roommates and I had our lady bros over for a night of cupcakes, donuts, banana bread, more cupcakes, cookies, more cookies, cool whip, salad (?), and card exchange. It was great, and now I'm fat. Galentine's Day set me up pretty nicely for Valentine's Day though. I got to see all my lady bros and fill myself with junk food so there is no part of me that is alone or empty right now.
   But what do I do if I don't have any friends, you say? Well, if you don't have any friends then you should go to the Google homepage and entertain yourself with that for a while. THEN you should read my blog in its entirety. Once you're done that you could write a paper on it if you want. If you follow all these steps, it should probably cure you of feeling lonely, and more importantly make you realize that the company of someone else's thoughts is not all its cracked up to be and now you appreciate the value of being "alone".