Top Five Things to do on my holiday

Re-reading High Fidelity has reminded me of this fun game of making Top Fives.

1. Read
I will begin my travels well-equipped with reading material, namely three brand new books (well, not technically brand new; one has been well-loved and lent by a friend; and the other two are from book exchanges). Previously unconsumed by my eagle eyes, for sure. Three books in three weeks - sounds good to me.
2. Sleep - nuff said. I want lots of it. Unencumbered by musings and panicky awakenings a la competitions, events, radio and the half marathon.
3. Write
My Spanish memoirs won't write themselves. "Bars for the Loner in Barcelona" - catchy title, yes, just need to flesh out the other bits. That requires time and a beachside location.
4. Play with key people , familia and godsons
J and I will spend a lot of quality time lolling in the ocean/pool/ Tolkien-esque hut which is our glorious accommodation in Bali for an entire 7 days! Then she'll head off to Paris (que sorpresa!) and I to The River City to re-connect with The Two Godsons; I am sure they have been missing my life guidance and tutelage in my long absence. Oh there is so much to teach those boys; we'll have to resume our reading aloud from Spanish For Beginners, and maybe Will is big enough to get out the cricket set I bought him on his birth?
5. Swim in the ocean
Oh how I have missed this fun activity during my tenure in The Top End. It's truly torturous walking along a sunny foreshore in 35 degree heat, gazing at water the hue of Bombay Sapphire and not being able to hurl yourself into the crystal depths for fear of attack by estuarine reptile, stinging sea life or tropical bacteria... Nothing five days on the Sunshine Coast won't remedy.