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vacay update
Spent Sunday mostly napping, watching baseball, eating, and ... that's about it. Nice!
Today I did some chores (recycling, can returns, grocery shopping, a few dishes, etc.), and I also did two of the things I wanted to get done this week: I renewed both my BPL and Cambridge public library cards (have to drive to a branch to do so, so I did), and I did a project for a friend involving collecting some files.
Yay! Chatted with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zanzjan on the phone about life, and she pointed me to some local free shredding events. I am excited. Maybe it will motivate me to go through the boxes in my room? At any rate, I have several boxes all ready to go, so even if I do no more I have a goal.
I haven't done any shoe shopping yet. Carrie Bradshaw would be appalled at my slackitude. Tomorrow is Mom's cataract surgery, so I need to be up and alert for that. Maybe shoe shop on Thursday. I want to front-load the misery for chores and unpleasantness so I can relax at the end of the week.
Anyway, so far so good. Not thinking about work, and trying to keep the drama to a minimum.
Since Jan 1, 2011:
1. Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child (13th Jack Reacher book)
2. 61 Hours, Lee Child (14th Jack Reacher book)
3. Worth Dying For, Lee Child (15th Jack Reacher book)
4. The Monkey's Raincoat, Robert Crais (1st Elvis Cole book)
5. Stalking the Angel, Crais (2nd Elvis Cole book)
6. Lullaby Town, Robert Crais (3rd Elvis Cole book)
7. Free Fall, Robert Crais (4th Elvis Cole book)
8. Voodoo River, Robert Crais (5th Elvis Cole book)
9. Sunset Express, Robert Crais (6th Elvis Cole book)
10. Indigo Slam, Robert Crais (7th Elvis Cole book)
11. L.A. Requiem, Robert Crais (8th Elvis Cole book)
12. The Last Detective, Robert Crais (9th Elvis Cole book)
13. The Forgotten Man, Robert Crais (10th Elvis Cole book)
14. The Watchman, Robert Crais (1st Joe Pike book)
15. Chasing Darkness, Robert Crais (11th Elvis Cole book)
16. The First Rule, Robert Crais (2nd Joe Pike book)
17. The Sentry, Robert Crais (3rd Joe Pike book)
18. New York Death, Stuart Woods
19. The Troubled Man, Henning Mankell (sad, but good; last Wallander book)
20. Several TOR shorts: Overtime, by Charles Stross; Black Swan, Bruce Sterling; Firstborn, Brandon Sanderson; In the House of the Worm, George RR Martin; and First Flight, Mary Robinette Kowal.
21: Serial, a novella by Jack Kilborn and Blake Crouch. Creepy but amusing. Was free on amazon.
22. The Quickie, James Patterson Incorporated and some guy. I borrowed it from the ebook library gods. CURSE THEM! Truly bad. Not one likable character, and not one moral among the lot. I have no idea why I bothered to read it, never mind finish it. It was short, I guess? I really have to go back to my hard rule, No James Patterson EVER. My only excuse is that it was available when I was testing the library borrowing possibilities. I can see why. At least it was free.
[halfway through Dead in the Water, by Stuart Woods; also Naked in Death by JD Robb (and what in HELL are these supposed to be? Futurist crime fiction? DRECK); also Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay (good), and Why We Get Fat by Gary Taub (also good)].
So I've been reading a bunch, but almost nothing is exciting enough to finish. Maybe this week I can cross off a few more. At least Dexter!
Today I did some chores (recycling, can returns, grocery shopping, a few dishes, etc.), and I also did two of the things I wanted to get done this week: I renewed both my BPL and Cambridge public library cards (have to drive to a branch to do so, so I did), and I did a project for a friend involving collecting some files.
Yay! Chatted with
zanzjan on the phone about life, and she pointed me to some local free shredding events. I am excited. Maybe it will motivate me to go through the boxes in my room? At any rate, I have several boxes all ready to go, so even if I do no more I have a goal.I haven't done any shoe shopping yet. Carrie Bradshaw would be appalled at my slackitude. Tomorrow is Mom's cataract surgery, so I need to be up and alert for that. Maybe shoe shop on Thursday. I want to front-load the misery for chores and unpleasantness so I can relax at the end of the week.
Anyway, so far so good. Not thinking about work, and trying to keep the drama to a minimum.
Since Jan 1, 2011:
1. Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child (13th Jack Reacher book)
2. 61 Hours, Lee Child (14th Jack Reacher book)
3. Worth Dying For, Lee Child (15th Jack Reacher book)
4. The Monkey's Raincoat, Robert Crais (1st Elvis Cole book)
5. Stalking the Angel, Crais (2nd Elvis Cole book)
6. Lullaby Town, Robert Crais (3rd Elvis Cole book)
7. Free Fall, Robert Crais (4th Elvis Cole book)
8. Voodoo River, Robert Crais (5th Elvis Cole book)
9. Sunset Express, Robert Crais (6th Elvis Cole book)
10. Indigo Slam, Robert Crais (7th Elvis Cole book)
11. L.A. Requiem, Robert Crais (8th Elvis Cole book)
12. The Last Detective, Robert Crais (9th Elvis Cole book)
13. The Forgotten Man, Robert Crais (10th Elvis Cole book)
14. The Watchman, Robert Crais (1st Joe Pike book)
15. Chasing Darkness, Robert Crais (11th Elvis Cole book)
16. The First Rule, Robert Crais (2nd Joe Pike book)
17. The Sentry, Robert Crais (3rd Joe Pike book)
18. New York Death, Stuart Woods
19. The Troubled Man, Henning Mankell (sad, but good; last Wallander book)
20. Several TOR shorts: Overtime, by Charles Stross; Black Swan, Bruce Sterling; Firstborn, Brandon Sanderson; In the House of the Worm, George RR Martin; and First Flight, Mary Robinette Kowal.
21: Serial, a novella by Jack Kilborn and Blake Crouch. Creepy but amusing. Was free on amazon.
22. The Quickie, James Patterson Incorporated and some guy. I borrowed it from the ebook library gods. CURSE THEM! Truly bad. Not one likable character, and not one moral among the lot. I have no idea why I bothered to read it, never mind finish it. It was short, I guess? I really have to go back to my hard rule, No James Patterson EVER. My only excuse is that it was available when I was testing the library borrowing possibilities. I can see why. At least it was free.
[halfway through Dead in the Water, by Stuart Woods; also Naked in Death by JD Robb (and what in HELL are these supposed to be? Futurist crime fiction? DRECK); also Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay (good), and Why We Get Fat by Gary Taub (also good)].
So I've been reading a bunch, but almost nothing is exciting enough to finish. Maybe this week I can cross off a few more. At least Dexter!