Last day:(

Well, today is my last day in the city, sigh! The trip started 4'days ago, by myself! I was nervous and excited, and a lot of other emotions I can't put into words! I was looking forward to my run-my first 10K, not looking forward to meals by myself, but I did it all! 

On the advice of my good Facebook buddies, I sat at the bar, had drinks, ate my amazing meals, and met some really nice people! You know, I totally turned on my southern charm😜 And you know I can the wallpaper off the wall anyway! Haha.

 On Tuesday morning after a very restless night, like a kid on Christmas Eve, I put on my running outfit and shoes and headed out on the Downtown #1 train to the South Street seaport stop and then boarded the ferry across to Governors Island to patiently await the start of my race. Yeah, this girl has no patience for ANYTHING! Lol and It seemed like a long wait! Text messages, and Facebook messages coming thru to cheer me on just fueled my excitement! Was I about to do this?!?! Run my first 10K, did I just spend the last 2 nights in my most favorite city alone?!?! Hell yeah I did!!! I was ready to kick some running ass! The feeling of getting closer and closer to the finish line, well, it just pushed me even harder!!! I worked hard for this! I worked hard for myself! I worked hard on ME!!! And 1hr14min later, I was done! It was hard! It was easy! It was emotional! It was for ME!!!!! I did it for ME!!!! 

The first part of this trip taught me a lot about myself and what I am capable of! Yeah, I know the city, and how to get around, but it was worth so much more!!! 

Later in the week I got an email from Angus about how he was ready to come home and how he missed Elena, and she literally just left him in Panama. I told him that we have to learn how to spend time alone, to find ourselves, to listen to our thoughts and reflect on what we want and need to do! I found myself doing a lot of this on this trip! I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, listened to music until my earbuds died, but somewhere in these travels I discovered somethings about myself! It is worth it to spend time alone! To dress up and sit at the bar and eat a meal alone-concurring that fear,  and meeting new people! To walk around the city and look at the lights! This trip was worth it all!!!! I know I brought many people with me via social media and via texts and pics, lol Autumn😘! Thanks again for all your support and love of me on this trip, but not just the trip! But my journey since October, it has certainly been a humbling adventure and look forward to many MANY more!!!!!