The build up to Valentines had been phenomenal. Come January and the wreaths gave way to candy boxes. Aisles upon aisles laden with heart shaped merchandise. Advertisements on television coaxing men to buy diamonds for their special lady, singing greeting cards and talking stuffed toys, everyone seemed to be overcome with pink fever and it made me nauseatingly restless and irritable. It was February 13th, and I found myself with a whole 24 hours and nothing to do.
The weather outside was blonde. Indecisive. Almost like it was having an internal conflict, the air pregnant with impending change. The stubborn snow, beautiful at a distance but cold and unforgiving up-close, not yet willing to relinquish its throne to the ambitious spring shoots jutting their way through her cold bosom.
I decided to go for a walk, take in the cool crisp air hoping to clear my head and perhaps have an epiphany, something to do with all this time. Tracks, Nikes and my Ipod. I was ready to......
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