I read TWO books today. And man, it’s been so long since I’ve read something that I’d forgotten how nice it was to just not want to do anything else except go back to the book you had to put down and find out what happens next. I just finished Barbara Hambly’s DEAD WATER, which is the 7th or so of her Benjamin January books that I love dearly. They’re set in 1830s New Orleans and January is a free man of color and they’re wonderfully full of history and…
stats, 8/23
Target points: 22 Points used: 30.5 Activity points swapped: 2 WPA used/remaining: 6.5/7.5 still hungry, too. man.
*yawn*
*yawns my little brain out* I feel much better for having sat and read Michelle Sagara’s CAST IN SHADOW, which was very enjoyable. I will read another book tomorrow. Maybe I’ll even read another one today. But I need to go for a walk first, or all I’ll be doing is sleeping. *yawns* It’s very blustery out. Ted just called to say the power was out at the Heritage Center. Maybe he’ll get to go home early. That’d be nice. *yawns more* Jeez. No oxygen in this house, or something.…
on the upside
On the positive side, I got a note back from the online reads editor, and she liked “Ill Met by Moonlight” very much and had only a couple of insanely minor quibbles for me to look at. So that’s cool, and I’ll take care of the quibbles sometime in the next few days. Cool.
thinks
thinks to do today: 1. call electrician *talk* to electrician 2. call around for a pressure washer 3. read a goddamned book 4. do something about the office 5. pack up more things to send out 6. finish laundry 7. walk despite the bluster *sigh* And I’d been thinking I was going to take the day off. :P