Okay, first I ran just under thirteen miles with running club, the first five of which I did with a very fast runner who (lucky for me, not for him) was recovering from surgeries, so I could keep up. (Until he challenged me to a sprint up a hill. 
) Then coffee, with lots of laughs and chatter.
Came home, got dressed, and went out on my Free Day! First I went to the bookstore, where I got, among a couple other books and a magazine, Tara Weaver’s book, The Butcher and the Vegetarian. It is phenomenal! I’m enjoying it so much! On the one hand, I’m not a vegetarian personally, but I do have leanings toward – oh, what’s the term they’re bandying about these days? Flexitarianism? So I’m enjoying both the detailed descriptions of the meat dishes she was learning to prepare as well as being able to sympathize with her conflicted feelings. The chapters on industrial farming and the treatment of food animals are particularly powerful.
Then I went to lunch and had Thai Chicken pizza. Well, I hadn’t started the book yet. 
After that, I ran some errands and then went to coffee, where I plowed through a bunch of my book over several hours. By the time I looked up, it was dinner time! I went for sushi, because it’s been way too long. Had myself a nice little pile of sashimi, then walked around a little downtown before I realized that it was way to cold to look into windows of closed businesses. (It’s really pathetic down there these days.) Decided I needed one more indulgence before heading back home, so I went in search of dessert, which I found in a very crowded Olive Garden. Hey, I didn’t mind; I had my book! 
Got myself a piece of tiramisu and a glass of Pinot Noir, which I savored for a long while (by the time I got my table, the crowd had been dispersed, so I didn’t feel guilty), and then headed home and helped put the kids to bed.
Eric had been working all day, preparing for our Valentine’s Day meal! We’ve decided to do Valentine’s Day here, eating a late dinner after the boys are in bed. I put the menu decisions firmly into Eric’s creative hands, and I don’t expect to be disappointed that I did! He gave me a small taste of the coffee creme anglaise he made as part of the dessert, and…oh… 
Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody!
I would be very curious to see a post (or chart, or something) on your evolution as a runner, because I remember when you first did C25K and now 13 miles is something you do on your “me day”…I did C25K last year (ran 3 5Ks with varying success), but totally fell off the running wagon for awhile. I am training now for a 5 mile run at the end of March (ran 5 miles straight for the first time last week). I still struggle with at least a little bit of every run, it seems, and I am having trouble getting back to the speeds I was running last year (compared to you, I am in the snail range…around 12 min/mi). I waffle back and forth between “Yea, I get to run today” and “Oh no, I have to run today”…any suggestions for more of the former and less of the later?