Wednesday June 1, 2005
We crammed a lot into a 24 hour period, Steph and I. Talking, eating, watching a movie, sleeping, cooking (me), shopping, sharing funny gifts and saying good-bye (mid-evening yesterday).
I showed her the new blog such as it is at the moment and got her input on a long-term knitting project I want to do for her. Busy but fun all the way around.
I'm feeling rather tired and unfocused today though. Maybe it's allergies or something from the local construction sites (two now on this street - a high rise condo and some utility work that has the road being dug up). So far all I've managed to do are conquering the pile of dishes from yesterday - no dishwasher in my life at the moment, darn it - and finish reading a book that I found rather interesting: The Price of Loyalty by Ron Suskind. Thanks for recommending and loaning it to me, Mike!
Yesterday the devil made me go into Chapters during the shopping trip. Admittedly this is a dangerous place for me to spend more than 5 minutes. Almost an hour later I announced to Steph (the devil) that I had two things in my hands and I absolutely had to leave before I picked up any more. One was the Dogs in Canada Annual magazine (it has cats now at the back!).
The other was a book whose title caught my attention: Radical Honesty by Brad Blanton in the psychology section (a particularly treacherous spot for me). As I have been told by some participants in my life that I am "too honest for your own good", I thought it would be an interesting read. Kind of ties into the book I just finished, too - since that previously referenced one is about the Secretary of the Treasury who told the truth during his participation in the Bush administration. Getting fired was the price he paid. But that didn't stop him from continuing to tell the truth.
Aside: In the recuperation progress department, I have no more need for the bath chair. It's a small thing I know, but it's a thing...
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