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Jul. 30th, 2015 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dchenesGah, HUMID. Fortunately it's supposed to be less humid tomorrow, which is good because tomorrow morning Lily's stitches come out at 8:20. And then we are DONE with the "stuff Lily in carrier, take to vet, transform into Pod Person, bring home and freak Snip out" process. This time I'm prepared for it, though; when we get home again, we break out the smoked trout and at least postpone the Pod Personage. Everything in Snip's world gets postponed on account of smoked trout. (Watch it not work this time, just because it did last time.)
I suppose the silver lining to early morning vet visits on Fridays is that I get my 40 minutes of exercise before I even get to work, so walking home doubles the total and I come out of the weekend with enough exercise points to be really profligate on Wednesday.
On a cheerier note, ages ago I skimmed through the first third or so of "The All-Girls Filling Station's Last Reunion" by Fannie Flagg in the bookstore, and thought I might like to read it but didn't want to invest in the hardcover version at the time. Last night I needed some retail therapy and had a birthday B&N gift card burning a hole in my pocket, so I went and bought the paperback. And proceeded to read the whole thing before bedtime. I didn't know it was (yet another) WWII-era story when I bought it. It is, but it's not terribly heavy because it all takes place on the homefront, so I enjoyed it. The first 40 pages were very amusing, probably because I don't have a mother like that.
I also bought a new copy of "Tai-Pan" by James Clavell because the last two used copies I've bought have fallen apart on me, and "The Napoleon of Crime" which turns out to be by Ben MacIntyre (I bought it for the subject, not the author; I've read three other Ben MacIntyre books that I did buy because he wrote them), and "Thunderstruck" by Erik Larson because it's my favorite of his (despite "The Devil in the White City" being everybody else's favorite). And I bought the DVD of "Noises Off" because my previous one wandered off on loan after the Marathon bombing (somebody needed a laugh, badly) and I don't think I'll ever get it back.
Speaking of buying things, I have to remember to buy music before Wednesday. I had this week off from voice lessons, and yep, I really am happier not having lessons on weeknights. But such is life. Depending on my teacher's life, I may not be having lessons with her at all any more after this summer. She wants her evenings and weekends back now that she has a kid. Whoda thunk?
I suppose the silver lining to early morning vet visits on Fridays is that I get my 40 minutes of exercise before I even get to work, so walking home doubles the total and I come out of the weekend with enough exercise points to be really profligate on Wednesday.
On a cheerier note, ages ago I skimmed through the first third or so of "The All-Girls Filling Station's Last Reunion" by Fannie Flagg in the bookstore, and thought I might like to read it but didn't want to invest in the hardcover version at the time. Last night I needed some retail therapy and had a birthday B&N gift card burning a hole in my pocket, so I went and bought the paperback. And proceeded to read the whole thing before bedtime. I didn't know it was (yet another) WWII-era story when I bought it. It is, but it's not terribly heavy because it all takes place on the homefront, so I enjoyed it. The first 40 pages were very amusing, probably because I don't have a mother like that.
I also bought a new copy of "Tai-Pan" by James Clavell because the last two used copies I've bought have fallen apart on me, and "The Napoleon of Crime" which turns out to be by Ben MacIntyre (I bought it for the subject, not the author; I've read three other Ben MacIntyre books that I did buy because he wrote them), and "Thunderstruck" by Erik Larson because it's my favorite of his (despite "The Devil in the White City" being everybody else's favorite). And I bought the DVD of "Noises Off" because my previous one wandered off on loan after the Marathon bombing (somebody needed a laugh, badly) and I don't think I'll ever get it back.
Speaking of buying things, I have to remember to buy music before Wednesday. I had this week off from voice lessons, and yep, I really am happier not having lessons on weeknights. But such is life. Depending on my teacher's life, I may not be having lessons with her at all any more after this summer. She wants her evenings and weekends back now that she has a kid. Whoda thunk?
