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This is a random post for this wonderful, glorious Friday morning. Yes, I am in an extremely good mood. I am giddy over the fact that it’s a long weekend. I am even more giddy over the fact that I am taking an extra day off which makes it even longer and if you count that it’s my birthday weekend… well, you can see why I am so darn chipper.

Random stuff…

When I opened up the old dashboard this morning I was welcomed by an unreal number of spam posts. My favorite one was this comment:

“You put the time in the coconut.”

This guy must know me because I love coconut. Except, I’ve never put the time in one. His comment did, however, make me sing that song with a very similar line. Why is it that nearly every spam comment is tied to one post? I even deleted the said post, thinking that it would help, yet I continue to get comments on the post even when it’s gone, so I added it back. I don’t understand spammy comments. They never make it though the filters and I always delete them. Seems like a lot of trouble on their part for a comment that will never be posted.

On the reading front…

I’ve been reading the best books lately. Seriously. Every book I pick up seems to have been written for me. I tend to lean towards heavier reads with complex characters and although they aren’t usually the most joyous of stories, they are inexplicably appealing to me. Could be my age or where I am in life, or both. Whatever the reason, I hope my great reading streak continues.

Right now I am nearing the last pages of Annabel by Kathleen Winter. It has been a wonderful read. I don’t want it to end. I just finished On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan and it was wonderful in its own way. I just started Sleepless by Charlie Huston to mix things up a bit, but it’s not fitting my mood right now. I may switch it out with The House on Tradd Street by Karen White. Anyone read either one?

I don’t really have any big plans for this long weekend. My MIL (mother-in-law) is having a BBQ on Saturday that we’ll go to of course, and then on Sunday The Fam is taking me out for lunch. I may buy myself a birthday gift. I don’t normally like to shop for myself but this is probably the one time of the year that I don’t mind doing so. Monday is my actual birthday and I just plan to be lazy that day. I think it’s allowed.

Do you have any plans for the long weekend?

This will be short as I am in a terrible mood this weekend. So terrible, that I don’t want to taint anyone’s good vibe with it so I will just make light of it.

It’s 106 degrees and I had to run errands. Errands are usually not fun anyway, but doing them when it’s 106 outside and you are already grouchy, is really a recipe for disaster. Really.

Don’t shop hungry. I skipped breakfast and had a triple shot Iced Espresso and then went to the market. I bought the entire store and then forgot that my second fridge is on the fritz. This meant that I had to cook everything and then put stuff in the freezer for the week. I was not planning on cooking my entire afternoon away so this was not good.

During this cooking frenzy, the Boy, Girl and Hub all asked for a sandwich. Wha?? Do you not see what I have going on here??

The power keeps going out.

In a perfect world, I would escape to my room and read Annabel but it’s not a perfect world so I will be packing school bags for tomorrow.

Later, we are supposed to go to a friend’s for swimming and relaxation. I sure hope the relaxation happens. I need it bad. Especially since the university starts classes tomorrow which translates to busy, busy, busy.

Hope all of you on the East coast are doing okay. I have been tracking you all via Facebook and so far, I think most of you are doing well.

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