I finally got Andrew Solomon’s new book Far From The Tree today and as expected, it is big! I am glad I got the hardcover and not the paperback because I know I probably would have wrecked the spine. I don’t know when I am going to start reading it. My reading concentration has been nil since finishing Team of Rivals. I have been trying to get into a Harry Potter book but even that seems overwhelming to me and I love reading Harry Potter. Chock it up to the depression being lousy. I still have at least three other book that I have not read but are on my list. One is a book about the American Revolution, a Civil War battles book, and another book on Lincoln. Can you tell I love history?? I also have others that I won’t mention because they will cover the whole spectrum of things. I always seem to buy books, a lot, in a short period of time and then when it comes time to reading them, I can’t decide which one to choose. And I have to say there are at least two books on my Kindle that are not read yet. I am an avid reader. I still have not finished re-reading Noonday Demon, though at this present time, I don’t know where it is. I know it is in one of my many bags.
I still have a clinical book, cognitive therapy for suicide behavior, that I have not finished. I will have to read that over because I forgot where I left off. If I start reading a book and leave it off in the middle for a long time, in this case more than a year, I usually start from the beginning just to refresh the old noodle.
I am having a slow day today. I just woke up from a nap and was hoping the mail came so I can have my World Series Baseball cap but looks like just the bulk mail got delivered. Dammit! I have decided that in order for me to cut my hair short again, I have to lose at least five pounds in the next two weeks. Which is going to be difficult because I love Thanksgiving and my mother is making the turkey and desserts. So much delicious food. Will I have the will power to stop myself from overeating?? Probably not which is why I am starting the diet today so I can indulge a little bit next week. But for right now I have to stay away from my mother’s chocolate chip cookies. They are my true weakness.
A friend of mine asked me to be part of a research study and it had a follow up interview as part of the thing. I should have said no and went on my way but I like taking parts in interviews. This one is about suicide attempt survivor and some family related stuff, which I don’t think it going to be useful to her because my family knows of three possible attempts and not the many. It is going to be tough and I am not sure I can do this. But then I always think of the worse and it never ends up being that way.
I have set my goal for the rest of the month. If I can get to page 100 I will get myself Starbucks coffee for home use. This way I don’t have to worry about going out for coffee on those days that I need to stay home. I just have to make sure I have half/half. I am thinking about making coffee now so I will stop here to have my fix.
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