Catch up

I had patchy internet and little inclination to blog for the remainder of my trip and then got back and life was all busy etc etc so it's been a while between blogs.

To sum up what has been happening since last we met on these merry fields of the internet;

• I got a tattoo

A tiny book on my left forearm. A reminder that sometimes I need to turn the page as a new chapter is about to begin.

• Andrea and I flew to New York then went upstate to stay with her family near the beautiful town of Hudson
• We visited New Paltz, our old college town. It was still heart-breakingly lovely. The woman in one of the antique stores recognised me.
• I met Andrea's grandma
• I bought a lovely antique suitcase
• Andrea and I went to New York City and stayed in a fancy hotel with bathrobes and everything
• I still <3 NY
• I don't even know what to say, we went to some of my favourite restaurants; Nom Wah Tea Parlour and Alice's Tea Cup
• The time seemed too short and I wasn't getting any closer to feeling satisfied with what I was doing in New York
• I saw my old friends from Broadway.com, we went for dinner at Heartland Brewery and it was like a dream
• It wasn't enough, just to be there visiting. I didn't feel like I was doing anything other than notifying my friends, notifying the city that I was still around and letting them know I'd visit again soon
• I saw Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Scarlet Johannson, Nice Work if You Can Get It and the Steppenwolf production of Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolfe. They were all amazing.
• I spent a whole day cowering in bed, unable to deal with the world outside
• I flew home. It was nasty and long and the food was rubbish.
• I tried to make nice with my jet lag but days later and I'm still struggling
• I've been tired
• I've been flat
• I've stopped smoking cigarettes
• My body issues are taking up too much of my head space
• I put off blogging
• I kept putting it off
• I've blogged. I'll elaborate on things in days to come.