Better, easier day...

What a glorious sleep in I had! I thought I'd just do everything slowly, not watch the clock and let the day take its course. First I messaged my sister to ask some recommendations for books to look for at the library - something escapist and different I thought. She did suggest some, which I found....the others are on hold coming from other libraries. Then I took a disc and printed out a number of the photos from my son and my trip overseas. Is great to see them on paper - wonderful memories.

How great it was to find another distant family member while we were away: I can't believe how far I've got with the research I've been doing. And today I watched a dvd of Young Victoria, imagining that this was the very time my forebears were around living their lives in an illuminating, ultra polite and totally different way that we do now.

I did some fruit & veg shopping, all the time trying to decide whether I would make the 2 hour train journey into the city to be with my friends for Chinese New Year tomorrow. Decided in the end, driven also by the fact that final arrangements for venue still hadn't been made by them by this late stage, that I couldn't be bothered.

Also reflecting that it's Valentine's Day tomorrow - what a fuss it's made of these days. And I wondered about being brave & forward & sending one to an acquaintance. Talked to my girlfriend I had dinner with last night about it...and ended up having quite a little flirting session with the man via text messaging! Suddenly I feel like a teenager again, and it seems that maybe he is interested as well - moreso than I thought he might be actually. So what will be, will be. I will send him a little one tomorrow...because he made me laugh today...