Expectare (To Wait)
Well, happy Chocolate-Goes-On-Sale Day y'all. It's another Valentine-less year for a lot of us, myself included, so we rush to the grocery stores on this day to snag a deal on heart-shaped goodies the vendors are desperate to dispose of. We drown yesterday's loneliness in discounted truffles and other sugary treats, wrapped in pink and red. I've done this year after year, bitterly biting down on whatever cutesy baked good I decided to "treat myself" to, not-so-secretly hoping that maybe someday I'd find someone who'd want to split these sweets with me during the entire Hallmark-sponsored holiday season of Saint Valentine. But there has to be a healthier escape from this cycle of sugar crashes and sentiments gone sour besides finding a "someday someone"... right? My current single status has a fuzzy starting point, depending on your definition of the label. My last official relationship ended in late January 2019, but my coping strategies in ...