These past couple of weeks have been busy ones! I’ve been doing the whole job search thing, and let me tell you, I am DEFINITELY ready to be working! Last weekend, my in-laws came into town and we had a fun time hanging out, eating great food, and doing fun stuff around the city. Yesterday was the Rally to Restore Sanity and we went out for that. We didn’t stay long, just because there were so many people and it was crazy, but it was nice to see that many people out to support the idea of rationality and not letting the extremes on both sides have the only say!
Today is the Marine Corps Marathon which happens to run right outside our building’s front door, so I will be at home all day. They shut down all the roads near us, so it’s impossible to get a car out. We may head down and cheer on the runners later, but mostly it’s just going to be a day of reading and catching up!
I was hoping to get some blog work done this weekend, but that’s going to be difficult because my laptop died last week! Supposedly it’s going to be fixed sometime this week, but in the meantime, I’m lost! No, really, it’s not that big of a deal because we have a desktop computer and my husband has his own laptop I’ve been using, it’s just frustrating because I have everything set up on that computer the way I want. I really hope it comes out of this mess okay - they’re going to replace the motherboard of the laptop, which is such a complicated procedure it’s just asking for secondary problems.
This week, I’m giving away a copy of The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters, a book I loved, so make sure you enter if you’re interested in winning!
I’ve had pretty good reading weeks the last couple of weeks. While the volume of books I’ve been reading isn’t astronomical, I’ve been reading great books, which is much more important to me. The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee is one that really sticks out for me, as is Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie. I also finally finished Wolf Hall which I really enjoyed. I’m excited that Mantel is working on a sequel!
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6 comments:
I think that is all the excuse I would need to stay in and read! I hate it when my computer crashes. I automatically go into a little depression of sorts. I hope it gets fixed without a hitch.
I had a Reading Day on Friday and it was wonderful. Enjoy yours!
Oh no! I am sorry to hear that your computer crashed! I know I would be a bundle of mess if that happened to me, and I am hoping that it gets fixed really soon! In the meantime, it is the perfect excuse to read like crazy!
Oh ugh. I hate computer problems. I agree -- quality of books is more important than quantity.
Good luck with the job search ... and I wish I could have gone to the Santity rally. Glad there was such a good turnout!
I heard the Rally was crazy but fun! Sorry to hear about your laptop - it stinks when the computer you use all the time is out of commission.
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