Day: January 17, 2021

You walked into the party like you were walking on to a yacht

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Sunday funday. It’s almost the start of a brand new week. The weekend always goes so fast when you have the Saturday off.

Coffee is brewing.

Yesterday, I drove to SlightlyBiggerTown. I went to a department store to look at v-neck tshirts. They didn’t have any. So that’ll go on the mental list for when, sooner or later, we go to a Walmart. From there I went to the drug store to get some more toothpaste and a new toothbrush. From there, I went for lunch. It’s a rare sight to see a KFC and a Pizza Hut in one building, but here’s one.

I placed my order, and was told it would take about 20 minutes. Like 10 minutes later my lunch came out to the truck. I had to eat in the truck because they are the last place in SlightlyBiggerTown that still has their dining room closed.

From there, I was off to the weed store. I had to replenish my supplies, and I wanted to find something for my mom. I was looking for something high in CBD, and low in THC. Crystal suggested the cookbook that they have on display. I laughed, I don’t think she’d use it enough to justify the $40 price tag. So I got her a couple of chocolates. I’ll be sure to report back if she tried them.

Right before I left the town, I stopped at a hardware store and picked up some awesome shelves for my books (big thanks to everyone that replied to my last post about your bookshelves. Wait, that was sarcasm, no one replied to my last post. Or the post before, etc)

Today is gonna be a somewhat lazy day. I only have a couple chores. I want to read a little and just relax.

Happy Sunday everyone!

Book club

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I admit, I’m in a reading slump. The last two books I’ve started to read, didn’t click with me. They’re back on the shelf. I will revisit them at a later time, I promise. I get out of work, and I’m mentally exhausted. I don’t have the attention span to read. In the evenings after dinner, I’ve been watching an episode of Bridgerton as a way to relax before my nightly call with Crystal. The bad thing – I’m out of episodes. So now I have to find another show. But, if I can’t, I can try reading at night to relax.

I haven’t experienced a reading slump in years. How does one get out of a slump? I don’t have any experience in reading slumps at all. Do I just try and power through it?

So the book for the Lockup Library Book Club, is The Arctic Fury by Greer MacAllister.

I picked this up a couple of weeks ago when I went to BigCity. It looks very interesting. In 1850s Boston, adventurer Virginia Reeve is summoned by Lady Jane Franklin, who asks Virginia to lead a women’s expedition to the Arctic in order to find out what happened to her husband, Sir John Franklin, who disappeared there with his crew.

I love books set around this time. I don’t know why, it just seems like the perfect time. Give me a story from the late 1700s/1800s and I am a happy camper. Victorian England? OMG, yes please.

I hope this one helps me out of my slump. If it doesn’t, I don’t know what I’m going to do.

Home video – You Can’t Take The Sky From Me.

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Sometimes there’s way too many choices on Netflix. So one falls back on what they like. What they remember as fun way back. So many shows and movies make me home sick.

This is a comfort movie. I’ve seen it many times. I still like it. I’m not a militant fan of FireflySerenity I don’t demand that they make another season. I enjoy it for what it is – a western in space.

I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.