#2762 Saturday with Sandy

My day started in one of my favorite ways: I took the time to sit out on the deck before the sun was fully up, sip some coffee, read, and watch the dogs run around the yard. Being able to spend a few minutes outside sets my mind at ease and gives me a wonderful slow start to the day that I cherish. Once the sun comes up over the trees, my east-facing deck gets too bright, and in the summer, too hot, to enjoy. When that happened this morning, I came inside, made some breakfast, and kept reading for awhile.

I got my hair trimmed a bit later in the morning. Is there anything that feels better than a fresh cut, even if it’s a fairly minor trim? I felt invigorated!

Feeling cute, kind of, except for my sort of crazy eyes.

The next stop was Barnes & Noble. I was looking for a guide book about Greece, but glancing through the meager selection, I decided against purchasing anything. I’m going to be in Athens for three nights (two days). Both of the days are fairly full with tours that we have already booked, so we don’t have much time on our own, and I think with the ideas I have from browsing Pinterest, we will be fine exploring on our own. In Chania, we are with a group, so our time is booked there, as well. Just because I didn’t find the specific type of book I was looking for, doesn’t mean I didn’t find books. I am a total sucker for B&N’s sales. Today there was buy one, get one half price. I found four books that I want to read. Three are on my library queue, and one I hadn’t heard of, but was intrigued by the description. I had all four books in my hands, but stopped myself from going to the check out line. I put the books back and decided to go walk around Old Navy for a few minutes and get a grip on myself.

I wasn’t excited by what I saw at Old Navy. I really wanted to buy a new shirt. It is the time of year that I’m kind of bored with the clothes I have been wearing all summer, and I was looking for something new to get me through. Nothing really caught my eye, though, so that left me back in front of Barnes & Noble. I needed help. I needed someone to tell me what to do, so I called Lizzie. We had a brief conversation that went something like this:

Me: Barnes & Noble is having a buy one get one half price sale. There are four books I want. Do I buy the books or walk away?

Lizzie: Walk away.

Me: Okay, I’m walking away. Thanks.

I hung up and got in my car and came home. I know this was the right answer because I currently have four and half books (I’m reading one) in the TBR pile that are new this year, and I have my doubts that I will read all of them before the end of the year, to be honest. I want to read them, but there are so many books I’d like to read. If I had doubled my TBR pile with today’s purchase, I would have not only felt buyer’s remorse, I would have felt guilt at not immediately reading the damn things.  Thanks, Lizzie, for giving actual voice to my inner voice, if that makes sense.

It was book club time when I got home. We finished up What Happened to the Bennetts. I thought it was very good, and I enjoyed our discussion. I don’t know what Ekpe will send out next. After book club,  I was feeling hungry, but I was also feeling tired. The need to nap won out over the need to feed. I slept for about 45 minutes or so, then took T to work, and stopped at a Mexican take-out place for a quesadilla.

College football season started today. I watched the Utah Utes play the Florida Gators at The Swamp in Tallahassee, FL. The Utes lost in a close game. They nearly won, but a touchdown pass to win the game was picked off in the end zone. Bummer. It was good to see the guys back out on the field though. I had some quality couch time, and it was nice. 

Now it’s time to go pick T up from work, and then I’ll probably go right to bed. Not doing much all day is tiring! LOL

Enjoy the rest of this glorious three-day weekend!