innayankevich diary

utorak, 04.08.2009.

In which our heroine returns triumphantly to reveal...

...well, not much of anything really.We've all had nasty nasty colds and allergy problems. Seems everyone I know is either sick or getting over being sick. We've certainly had it better than some folks I know though, so I won't complain too much.Husband and I celebrated the 10th anniversary of the day we met, the 10th anniversary of our first date (dinner with DBH and MH at a Japanese restaurant for my birthday) and our 9th wedding anniversary. Those last two were on the same day, btw. I celebrated the anniversary of my birth. jediclampett reminded me that in 3 short years I'll be eligible to join AARP. Other friends of ours reminded him that such comments might limit his chances of being around long enough to be eligible for AARP himself.Halloween was fun. Sumokid was a dragon. We still have leftover candy, mostly tootsie rolls.Went to some Girl Scout meetings, some homeschool activities, some playdates, had school, the usual stuff. Saw the botanical gardens in Athens last weekend while the leaves were still gorgeous and before the rains of last week. The maple outside our backdoor has been especially lovely this year, all yellow gold. Got a new TV after an accident involving our old one, Sumokid and some water. Blessedly, the only injury was to the TV. I can't believe it's Thanksgiving week already. Time she do fly. We'll be feasting here at home, then visiting some out of state relatives for a few days while celebrating Sumokid's birthday.I'm reading The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles to Sumokid as a bedtime story. Not a book I had heard of before running across it on the library shelves, despite its famous author.Last night I finished reading Endymion Spring, which I thought was a good young adult book and first novel. I mean really, how often do Faust and Gutenburg come up in young adult fiction? I also read, in one sitting, Water for Elephants. Very good book. Wish I could remember where I saw the rec for it because I'd like more, please. I'll definitely check out this author's other books. And yes, I did actually read an adult novel that was not a romantic comedy or a paranormal pr0n involving vampires, werewolves, or some other magical and/or undead characters. I realized last night that I'm never really going to read "The Great Books." I don't see myself reading Les Miserables, or War and Peace, for example. And you know what? I'm OK with that. I used to want to read "The Great Books," or perhaps more precisely I wanted to want to read "The Great Books." Maybe I had enough literature as education earning my English degree, maybe I cut my reading teeth on one too many Little Golden Books and not enough classic children's tales, who's to say? But I read now for fun, and only want a little challenge, enough to keep it interesting, not to make me work for it. I've realized life brings enough challenges and fun ought to be fun, not work.And in other news, I've learned how to knit cable stitches.

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