Yesterday I received a package in the mail from my brother- and sister-in-law, which turned out to be a belated birthday gift. (Thank you Simon & Coral!) It was a book from amazon.co.uk with a note attached apologizing for being unable to send it in Kindle format. That was a very sweet and thoughtful gesture, that they had considered that first. I started thinking about it though; why can’t you gift someone a Kindle book? That seems a bit weird. It should work as long as you have their correct information. If anyone knows why this is, do tell.
I went to the dentist to pick up my teeth whitening kit (after assuming they were going to do it for me, oh well) and realized that was the seventh time I’d been there since January. Yikes, that’s a bit excessive. I hadn’t gone at all for three years then I go 7 times in 8 months. :o It’s nice having insurance again, even if the coverage is minimal.
In more disgusting news, Roscoe had a bit of a rough day. Tuesday night our friend Rene brought his things over to stay with us for a few days before PAX and amongst them he had several packages of fresh almonds which he’d just bought. A bunch of us were very hungry by the time we arrived so we left all of his things in the living room and went out to dinner. When we came back, one of his plastic bags was chewed all the way through (3 layers!) and there were bits of crushed almond scattered all over the floor. Roscoe had gotten into the sugar-coated variety and had eaten a LOT of them. We cleaned up the mess and put the almonds in the cupboard. The next morning after we’d fed the kitties their breakfast, I heard a strange sound coming from across the room. When I went over to investigate I discovered Roscoe looking down at 3 piles of half-digested cat food and almond bits. Eww. After cleaning this up he proceeded to do the same thing twice more. ~_~ He was not a happy kitty for the rest of the day. Gah, I wish he weren’t so stupid and could actually learn his lesson!
Started reading the super hyped book “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer, mostly due to curiosity over its outrageous popularity on every Kindle book list I’ve come across. If thousands of people rate it so highly, there must be something good about it. Jules commented that teenage vampires will forever be a popular topic for entertainment. Plus, admittedly, the minimalistic design of the dust jackets of her books has been quite alluring. (Oh yeah, and the book takes place in Forks, Washington, the little nothing town halfway between Aberdeen and Port Angeles. We stopped there on our trip around the Olympic Peninsula last year and had a delicious burger at a diner across from a scary gas station where souped-up pickup trucks with off-roading tires revved their engines menacingly at us when we filled up our tank.) Anyone else read anything she’s written?
The summer is almost over–it’s so hard to believe how quickly it goes when you’re working every day and packing your weekends full of activities. Even when I was in college it seemed to go much slower, but I guess not having specific milestones to mark the progress of time makes it all blend together. We were really hoping to go camping a lot more this summer but just about every weekend we had something planned in town. As I was lamenting this, Jules assured me that he didn’t mind because we were doing fun things we enjoyed anyway. That’s what really matters.
One more day till PAX and I am still coughing heavily. I really hope this cold dies down before I’m amongst thousands of other people in close quarters. Not only will it be uncomfortable and unsanitary, but I don’t want to ruin anyone’s good time, my own included. Jules had a few days of ickiness but he seems to have gotten over his bout with it already, even as I still suffer! I haven’t been getting the best sleep lately since I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night with coughing fits, so I’m not as rested as I’d hoped to be. Maybe the fun will be so distracting that my body will forget it is not at its best!
Looks like we both have approval from work to take time off during the Christmas holiday so that’s one step closer to getting to the UK! I am very excited about the prospect of seeing Stonehenge after all these years of fascination. We have to try to assemble some type of itinerary of the things we’d like to see. Anyone have suggestions? We will probably hire a car so just about everywhere in the UK is fair game. We will likely be staying in Oxford for most if not all of the time.
