Blissfully Alone

I just had the best evening.

It is Friday. Around 6PM, I was scrambling to make plans.

I WANTED to go out
I NEEDED to leave the house

Then it hit me. I did not need to get in touch with another person to get out of the house.

So I put on my favorite sweater
Actually did my hair and put on makeup
And left the house
ALONE

First I went to the local sushi joint
And ordered some delicious raw salmon with mango sauce

I looked around
At all the happy couples
At the awkward first date unfolding to my left
At the silent long-term couple to my right

I was ALONE
Blissfully ALONE
No unnecessary conversation
No awkward moments
No time contraints

My phone rang
I ignored it

After dinner I went to the bookstore
I wandered aimlessly around the aisles of books
Alone with my thoughts
A cute guy smiled at me
I ignored him

I bought a book:

Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism

(Read it - it is MUST READ for all thinking individuals)

I wandered over to the coffee shop
Where a 2-man band was playing folksy music
And I bought a gingerbread latte
And I turned off my phone

And I read
And I listened to the music

Tonight I learned the art
The pleasure
The skill

Of being

BLISSFULLY ALONE