Sunday Salon | Book Chatter

This past week was a blur. I had THE WORSE HEAD COLD ever. I thought I had it under control at one point and then it went south from there. Two and half days off from work, with me coming back to (what felt like) a zillion tasks left me completely out-of-it come Saturday. But, after getting reacquainted with my Neti Pot, and finding the right combination of meds, I am back in the land of the living.

With the week the way it was, I wasn’t able to connect with some of you. I tried to at one point and got about half way through my reader and then just couldn’t look at the screen any longer. I will be catching up with all of you between today and tomorrow. I look forward to reading about what you’ve all been up to.

As for reading, I finished what will probably be my favorite book of the year. I have yet to write-up the review, but I hope to get it out this week. I was laughing and crying at the same time. It was wonderful. Next up, Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground and Perrotta’s The Leftovers.

No plans today. Yet.

I’ve had coffee.

I’ve bathed the Otter Pup (our puppy Chloe). I don’t think we could possibly love a dog more. Here’s a recent photo of her, just after her bath.

School starts on Wednesday and Thursday for my kids so we may hit Ventura today, or Old Town Pasadena, or… Not sure yet but we’ll be going somewhere.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

It’s been a busy and full weekend, but a fun weekend at that. On Saturday we hit a concert in the park (1st time, although they have them every summer) and it was so much fun! We’ve never gone before because we are not “crowd” types. I hate crowds and screaming kids. But, it was Boogie Nights and with all the disco pumping out of those speakers, I didn’t notice the people so much.

The only hard part was getting around. I did something to the heel on my foot, which made walking excruciatingly painful. I think it was from lugging around my work laptop (ancient and heavy) all this week. So, there wasn’t any dancing coming from me, but it was still fun. God, I love disco.

Today we hit an aquarium that we’ve never been to before. The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is (in my opinion), so much better than the other one near us that is so overly hyped. Small exhibits, but a lot of them hands-on. Plus, it’s located within a tiny coastal park. It was lovely.

After that we hit a popular Mexican joint for lunch. We had a view of the harbor and the food was great. Sizzling fajitas and shrimp enchiladas. Very tasty.

Somewhere in between all this fun, I managed to catch a cold. I never even felt it coming, but it’s hit me full force and I am about to call it a night. I have about ten more pages of Domestic Violets to read before I finish it, so I am going to curl-up with it and top it off with some Nyquil.

Hope you all had a great weekend.

Chatting with friends about books and life…