I said, certified freak seven days a week

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Awake yet again. Same sleep different day. I’m just waiting for my coffee to brew. Just like every other day.

It’s Sunday.

I was a little tossy turny last night, and way too warm. I had to shut the bed off sometime in the night. And had to lay there with only the sheet covering me until the bed cooled enough to cover up and fall asleep again.

If I dreamed last night I don’t remember any of them. I remember movement, that’s pretty much it. Nothing exciting, huh?

Coffee should be ready. Enjoy your Sunday, y’all 🙂

The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup

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Good morning, happy Saturday! It’s bright, cool, and crisp out there. Translation: cold as all get out. It’s -2c, but the feel like temp is -6. Everything has frost on it.

I had a massive allergy attack/cold attack for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. It was too late in the day, so I took some night sinus pills. So before I went to bed I took the usual night dose. I think it was a little too much, it took me a while to fall asleep. There was, I think, for a few minutes, lightning flashing before my eyes while they were closed. But that passed rather quickly I think.

Just weird dreams after that. I was a private eye, trying to get out of a building, and I kept losing my gun in all the pockets of my jacket. Weird huh? I do remember giving someone trapped in the building a Kiss album – with 24 of their greatest hits.

I dub thee Weird Saturday.

And now for some covfefe.

I see into your window, although you’re far away

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Yes, I finally finished my first (I started over again around chapter 2 – I just got discouraged) read through of Ship of Theseus*! Whew! What a really good book.

The main story is amazing. It’s a story about S. S wakes up on the banks of a strange city, with no memory of who he is, or where he came from. He walks into a bar, orders a drink and sees a beautiful woman reading a book. He walks over and sits down with her. From there, he’s shanghaied and thrown on to a boat.

The boat itself is a mystery too. It’s very old, and has been repaired many times, and is crewed by 19 sailors – who’s mouths are sewn shut. I really can’t say more than that, as it all unfolds slowly at times, and sometimes so quickly, you have to go back and reread a few pages to see if you missed something.

That’s the beginning of Ship of Theseus by VM Straka**, and it only gets better. This is his 19th book published in 1949.

Then, there’s the second story in the book. The story in the margins between Jen and Eric. This is where reading can get very confusing and difficult. This is where I started to get discouraged. There’s just so much information to absorb on each page

Just another page

See that picture above? That’s a pretty average page. There’s a few with even more writing, and then some with only sentence or two.

Jen found the book in the stacks in her university library where she works. Eric has written in it since high school. She gets sucked in to Straka’s world and his 18 other books he published. Ship of Theseus is his last book, published after his mysterious death. Jen and Eric get to know each other through the book, and through researching who Straka was and who his translator was.

Everything included

* I have a feeling to get through all the stories and mysteries, and all the added items in the book. I know I’ve only scratched the surface of this amazing book.

** I know Straka doesn’t exist. S. Was the brain child of JJ Abrams, and written by Doug Dorst. I prefer to think Straka was real, and I’d love to read his other books.

This book comes in a black slipcover, and that’s really the only part that says that it was written by Dorst, and Abrams. When you slide it out of the slipcover, it’s fashioned to look like an old library book complete with check out stamps.

This is a book lovers book for sure. I sure love it.

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Oh cadillac blackjack baby meet me out back

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On the news crawl this morning; President Tump and First Lady Test positive for COVID-19. Like Crystal said to me this morning; thoughts and prayers.

Yes indeed. Thoughts and prayers.

My coffee should be ready now. I had a really good sleep last night. Aside from still being stuffed up, I feel a lot better than I did last night. I slept through the night, and was only up a few moments before my alarm went off this morning.

Before I went to bed last night, I did finish Ship of Theseus. I’ll have to end up reading it a few more times to really even begin to understand the margin notes. The main story was amazing, I kind of wish that the previous 18 books were real. Soon or later while it’s fresh(ish) in my mind, I’ll work on a review.

I got to drive to SlightlyBiggerTown yesterday to get groceries. I don’t mind being a taxi driver. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to drive. Besides it’s not hard to get reacquainted to driving, by simply going in a straight line.

But, happy Friday. I don’t know if we have to do anything today. But I’m ready to greet the day! Open the front door, and yell to your neighbours; ITS FRIYAY! ITS ALMOST THE WEEKEND! YEHAW!

Thrill me, chill me, fulfil me – creature of the night

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So after the day I had I went to sleep about 45 minutes early, and said to myself – “self, you don’t need your night time sinus meds.”

Spoiler alert: I needed the night time sinus meds.

I was up, wide awake, and lacking the ability to breathe through my nose. I took a day time sinus pill, fell back to sleep. It was a very light sleep, where I had rather dirty dreams, and during those dirty dirty dreams, Crystal was singing this song as I was doing dirty things to her. It was strange, but kinda sexy lol

Now the song is stuck in my head. Along with images of Crystal 😍

But coffee is ready! Happy, what day is it today? Happy Thursday everyone!