Time: Sunday morning, in 8 o’clock hour
Place: The “Girl-Loft” (If Tall Paul gets a “Man-Cave,” I get a “Girl-Loft”), in the new house. We turned in the keys to the old place yesterday, and are officially All Moved In to the new one, although we’re still unpacking and arranging.
Eating and drinking: Water only right now, but after I’m done writing this, I’ll be meeting my sister for Sunday coffee and breakfast. (We usually get together on Saturdays, but for various reasons, it’s been a month since we last saw each other, and with this being a three-day weekend, today’s like another Saturday anyway!)
Reading: A book of short stories in translation that I’ll be reviewing for Shelf Awareness–out of my comfort zone in a couple of ways right there! I’m also pushing through my feed-reader backlog this weekend. Nearly all of the books, aside from some review-consideration ones that have come in during the last few weeks, are still boxed up in the garage, and they’ll stay there till the new bookshelves arrive (hopefully, that’s just a few weeks away from happening!).
Watching: Not much besides the shows I mentioned last time, Broadchurch and Copper on BBC America–and recently, Seinfeld reruns in the early evenings. But now it’s September, so new TV is on the way!
Listening: I just started Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins, read by Edoardo Ballerini, on Audible this week, and am thoroughly savoring it already. It seems like some of my best reading this year has been by ear!
Blogging: I’m hoping to get back into the swing now that we’re done with this summer of house-hunting, house-buying, house-moving, and cross-country travel (that wasn’t house-related for us, but did include finding college housing for Kate!). It’s back-to-school time…that means returning to the 3 R’s, doesn’t it?
Enjoying: You can probably guess this one–being DONE with the move, and getting comfortable in the new house! This weekend, we’re not doing much besides arranging and hanging pictures. It feels weird not to have a thousand chores!
Anticipating: The arrival of those new bookcases, although I am a bit daunted by the prospect–and possibilities–of getting them set up!
Pondering/Planning: I’m trying to decide whether to sign up for an online writing workshop that one of my Creative Alliance friends, Jane Gassner, is planning for the fall. I’ve never been part of a formal writing group–or taken a class in it outside of my English curriculum in high school and college, for that matter; reading Beth Kephart’s Handling the Truth piqued my interest in doing so, and Jane’s class is coming along at just the right time to give it a try. And on a note unrelated to that but quite related to the move, I’m thinking about cooking and eating at home more regularly, especially on weekends–although we did go out to eat last night, I think we’ll be dining in-house today.
How’s your weekend going?
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