So it's a Saturday night, and here I am watching old re-runs of "Sex & The City", (the episodes where Carrie is just starting her relationship with Aidan), and simultaneously online dating...I'm messaging actually with a guy that I was in contact with in Italy. He's just been telling me about how he likes having relationships with older women and how he recently had a little fling with a 55 year old. He's 28. I'm not going to judge, I mean in my age bracket, which is late thirties, it seems to be becoming more of the norm that women have a relationship with a younger guy. The last little story I had in Milano was with a guy seven years younger than me, and I personally didn't ever feel that there was an age difference at all. We have a lot in common including a great love of travel, and we have remained friends.
I've re-started on the same site I was using in Italy, and have re-located my profile to living in Sydney. I just made the location change last weekend, so I'm getting back into the swing of things. As much as I do really want to meet a nice guy, I'm still a bit ho-hum with the whole thing, however I think this is also due to the fact that I've only been back in Australia for nearly three weeks and I'm still having moments of being in limbo-land. Also when it comes to meeting men I've always thought that the best way to meet a guy is through friends, and I still believe that but since I started with online dating earlier this year I've realised that the whole concept puts me in a "dating mind space" and generally more aware of myself and to meeting a guy.
OK, moving on, now I'm listening to the new song by the Chili Peppers and hopefully my Saturday night street cred has gone up a notch!
This week I went to my second Inter Nations drinks here in Sydney and there was a huge group of people there. It was great to meet another Aussie who lived in Italy for 10 years and she told me about a Meet Up group which is for Italian conversation. I'm pretty happy about that as I want to keep talking Italian. So I'm going to keep an eye out for their next meeting. On Thursday night I went with two friends to see the musical Hairspray. Now I'm one of those people who isn't generally a big lover of a musical, and I know it sounds crazy, but I get bored, or lose focus usually. However Hairspray was brilliant. It's really fun and feel good with great music and I enjoyed the story too. Then last night I went for dinner at a friends place, and it was really great too. Good conversation, laughs, stories to tell, hugs with the kids and excellent food!
This morning I met up with my Mum, and her two sisters plus friends of theirs for breakfast and a wander around The Rocks markets. It's rare to enjoy the company of my Mum and my Aunt's together, and I love hearing their stories, and spending time with them. Tomorrow night we will be together again for dinner with my cousin who is flying in from London for a couple of weeks. Luckily the weather was nice and considering its the middle of winter here in Sydney actually not too cold. The markets were good, although they are really targeted towards tourists visiting Sydney. There is an additional section to the main markets now too where there are a few clothing designers, and the clothes were nice. This afternoon after leaving everyone else I went off to wander through the main shopping area in Sydney city. I walked through the Strand Arcade which for me is still so beautiful and I love the shops in there. One of my very favourites Dinosaur Designs has a lovely store on the 1st floor. I checked out the new Westfield which has been nicely designed, and now has GAP and Zara stores. Finally! I hope that these brands do really well over here in Australia and then others like Topshop, Mango and H&M can hopefully also open up. It was fairly busy overall as I believe that this weekend is the last for the current sales season. Zara particularly was heaving. It feels very familiar to walk into the new Zara store with clothes that I've seen in their stores in Milan. Strangely comforting.
So whilst in the Westfield this afternoon I decided that I'd really love a back massage. I haven't had a massage for I'd say more than a year and it was really nice, however at certain points it really hurt. The guy was really strong, and I even had to ask him to tone it down a bit. I did float out of the store though, and that felt good! So I continued my wandering around the city before returning home to look in the mirror and see that I had big mascara blobs under my eyes. So attractive I thought to myself...not! I had to laugh as I realised and could finally understand why at a certain point one girl had walked past me and given me a really odd look. Funny!
I've now switched to the film "Julie & Julia"...and its reminded me that I'm hungry and better make myself some dinner.
Plus I have to say who cares if I'm at home on a Saturday night. I'm happy, and why not enjoy a night at home relaxing?
Buona serata tutti!
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