On the first Valentine’s Day Eric and I shared, he wrote and performed an original rap titled “Love Ho”. It was as wonderful and ridiculous as it sounds. Since then, we’ve kept the holiday a little more modest. There’s usually Chinese food and chocolate involved. Maybe a movie or a small gift or two. This year I wanted to do something special, so I made Eric a valentine!
Eric is an artist. Year after year, he’s whipped up sweet, silly, stupid valentines that have always brought a smile to my face. I’m not much of an artist, but I suspected that if I applied myself I could make something that was at least somewhat charming. Due to a total lack of drawing skills, I decided to do a paper-cut. Armed with some fancy paper from Blick, an X-Acto knife and a reference photo of what I suspect was an R2-D2 trashcan, I set to work. Six hours (over several weeks) later, R2 was complete. The back read “You R2 Good To Me”, and Eric loved it. My favorite bit is his little heart shaped sensor light.
Eric and I exchanged valentines in the morning before he made his way to work. After what turned out to be a long, frustrating day we enjoyed dinner at the restaurant where we had our first date. Dinner was followed by chocolates, snugs and awful TV at home. It was lovely.
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