Another Singles Awareness Day is Here
Well, it is that time of year again, the dreaded Valentines Day. Last year, I talked about how I liked to call Valentine’s Singles Awareness Day. I started dating my ex-boyfriend shortly after Valentine’s last year, but unfortunately we broke up on Monday. If we believed in Valentine’s more, maybe we could have stuck in the relationship just a few days longer, but no – it didn’t work.
So – I have been feeling terrible – as though I was hit by a truck… but somehow still meeting people, getting client work done and dragging myself out to the gym. This morning, I woke up thinking "why god, why?" I don’t really believe in her, but sometimes I ask her questions in times of need.
But – I am insisting to myself not to mope around doing a Bridgette Jones imitation. After a sleepless night, the morning after we broke up, I booked a trip to Paris. I have never been to Europe, so I thought I might as well take the chance now 
. I booked an apartment there for a week with Feel Paris and am meeting up with a friend who lives in the city from my undergrad.
So – this Singles Awareness Day is about chocolate cookies, a pot of tulips I bought for myself… and lemonade.
I wonder what the incidence of breakups is right around Valentine’s Day. It seems like a holiday that puts an awful lot of pressure on romances. On the other hand, perhaps it is better to break up than to drag out something that is seriously flawed. May you have many much better Valentine’s Days in a long and happy life. Memories of a few good ones in my past make up for spending so many alone as I did this year.