today was a practice run

for my upcoming holiday, not like i need one, but i have (i confess) been feeling a wee bit sad about yet another big trip without a partner....

but today, reminded me of how amazing my trip will be...solo!

see today i had a day off work, unplanned...but sunday's visit to leah's meant i contracted the highly contagious conjunctivitis! so woke up this morning not really able to see properly or open my eyes and they felt sore, swollen and gritty...trip to the Dr's mid morning revealed a continuing low grade sinus infection as well as the eye issue and some 'congestion' in the eye are (prob explains the black circles which are really knocking my confidence around!)...

so drugged up and back home, decided to bring my tuesday night massage forward and got a reschedule to 12.15pm...

wondering what to do in the meantime and it being a glorious sunny day i opted for an early lunch in a cafe at McMahons Point, sat in the sun (back to sun) and opened one of my four new book purchases from Saturday, Paul Auster's Winter Journal...

loving it! then after massage decided i wouldn't go home, where the tendency to navel gaze and fall into a 'i miss FC type funk' might appear so instead found another cafe (this time in Nth Sydney) with seats on the pavement in the sun and sat there for upwards of 2 hours, head still firmly entrenched in my new book...

which i am LOVING! not a surprise really - seems I've enjoyed every Paul Auster book I've read to date, so not sure why this should be any different...

then, i got home and decided to go and have a much waited for pedicure! and as i was doing that i thought that in a little over 6 weeks every day could be like that for 3 whole weeks if i wanted?

woo hoo! so, after a lovely day on my own, i realised how fabulous my upcoming holiday is going to be and sure, initially i thought that i might still be sad post the break up with FC, or missing him but actually i think it's going to be great, and even more so now that my head is finally in a good place...

so, next task is to source the following within walking distance of my hotel (which will be my home for 3 weeks): nail bar, vodka bar (this is a must), place i can get a massage, book shop, cafe i want to sit in where i can watch the world go by and write...oh, and a good salad/sandwich bar...those things are a must!

so today kinda inadvertently felt like a practice run - well i can tell you, it was pretty fucking good!

watch out NYC, happy single girl heading your way...