Birthday month book haul!

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What’s up, book nerds?!

So yesterday, I’m sitting at home – as one does on a day off, and I hit refresh on the 4 packages that I’m tracking from the beautiful Crystal. After the page refreshes, it says I have a package at the post office. It’s noon, and TinyTown shuts down from 12-1 everyday. I’m serious, an air raid siren actually goes off every day at noon.

So I wait an hour to go and get my package. I know what’s in it. I remembered a couple of nights ago that it’s ponies – custom My Little Ponies, and some DVDs. No biggie. I walk over and get the slip out of my PO Box. But there’s two tags on it, meaning that I have two parcels.

TWO PARCELS!

I get the box of ponies, and there’s another. I don’t look at it. It’s an international package, that means that there’s a customs sticker on it saying what’s in the envelope. It sits upside down on my kitchen table for 9 hours. 9 HOURS. I won’t open a birthday present without Crystal watching on Duo.

I open it, and it’s a book! It looks very cool, and Crystal says that it was suggested – if you liked House of Leaves, you’ll love Bats of the Republic.

I can’t wait to start reading this! It looks strange and different, and has a ribbon bookmark!

Fancy!

There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done

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It’s back to work day today. This is my short week. It’s going to be a tiny bit shorter as I have my second COVID shot on Thursday afternoon.

We’ll see if I have to take Friday off. I’ve heard that the second shot kicks the crap out of you. Hopefully it won’t to me. But only time will tell.

The coffee is brewing and the news is on.

Yesterday I got not one but two packages in the mail. There be ponies in the house, as well as a brand new book for me to read! Birthday month lives!

I’ll talk about the book in a separate post later. It looks hella cool and I can’t wait to read it!

Happy Tuesday everyone 🙂

Book Club – Orange is the New Black

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Well good morning, book nerds! It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Well I’m back. Today, we’re talking about a new (to me) book for the Lockup Library Book Club. It’s a good one, and I’m sure that most people have seen the show, but today I’ll be talking about the book.

Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman. It’s basically her memoir of spending 15 months in federal lock up. It starts off mostly the same as the show, probably faster than the show.

I’m really enjoying the book. I’m enjoying the show, but it’s hard to understand how a 295 page book can last 7 seasons.

I’m only a couple chapters in, but it’s pretty good so far.

Until next time, books nerds!

I’ve done wrong and I wanna suffer for my sins

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Good morning everyone. Happy Monday. I slept like a stone last night. When my alarm went off, all I wanted was to sleep a little more. But I got up, opened the blinds and the tv.

Error. My Chromecast said it couldn’t connect to the internet. Hmm. Let’s reboot the router. I reboot it and go brush my teeth. When I get back it’s all fixed.

So now, I have the news on, and coffee is brewing.

I hope y’all have a great start of the week. I’m going to try as well! Let’s kick Monday in the nuts!

Gummi Bears! Bouncing here and there and everywhere!

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I almost got up at 6am. I awoke with a fright – my bedroom fan was making weird noises. Me being a master mechanic, shook it until the noise stopped, then I went back to sleep

Good times.

It’s now the normal time to be up, and a full pot of coffee is brewing. And you know what day it is – CHORE DAY! GET HYPE!

Oh yes. Other than Friday, this is my favourite day. I like doing laundry, etc. then it’s off to Shady Acres for dinner and to celebrate Father’s Day.

But for now – coffee and contemplation. Happy Sunday y’all