I don't feel like I've given this blog justice lately. Too often, I get to the end of the day and would rather get home to cuddle the cat, enjoy a beer, and putz with some flowers than sit at work for an extra few minutes to write about something I read last night. I was afraid of that when I started this blog because I tend to do that. And I'm afraid I'm boring, but whatever.
The last week has been busy at work. I've been here for a few months and there are still some things I'm figuring out. But for some reason, I feel like I'm suddenly expected to know what's going on. Keeps me on my toes - which I like, for the record.
Last week, my little sis moved to North Carolina. The family stayed with me on their way through - Abby, Mom & Dad, Abby's boyfriends' parents and two siblings, and Abby's cat Schmoe. That's a lot of people for a two bedroom apartment but it was wonderful to see everyone. I've been lonely lately, mostly because I don't have anything better to do at night than go home and do the aforementioned cat-cuddling, beer-drinking, and flower-putzing. But that being said, it's more wonderful to be able to share the life I'm building here with other people and I certainly don't want to leave anytime soon.
I haven't even been reading all that often. Too tired at night. I was trying to get through a book last week about the woman who was the Paraguay-an version of Eva Peron. Her story was wonderfully scandalous but it should have been a movie. There were way too many people with the same name and I couldn't keep it straight. Plus the author is Irish (what is it with me an Irish writers lately?!) but the book was written in such a way that you would never imagine her first language was English. Had it been a foreign film with subtitles, I would have thoroughly enjoyed myself. But it's not so fun when an English-language book needs subtitles so you know what the heck was going on. The title is not even worth mentioning. If it comes out as a movie, I'll pass along the recommendation!
I've been trying to get into the minds of men lately (mostly because I miss having male friends like I did back in college) so I've been shaking up the movie watching and book reading lately. I started in on the series Entourage last week and so far have been impressed. I was told it was the male version of Sex and the City and at first I agreed - which wasn't necessarily a good thing. The first episode left me shaking my head and wondering why they thought men talked that way. But after that initial warming up period, it grew on me. I also started reading a book called Next last week as well about a man who is going through a life crisis but I haven't gotten very far. I want to give it an honest chance so I just renewed it at the library (like literally just renewed it... It was due today and as I was writing I realized that I really did want to read it) but we'll see. While in the past, I've found myself drawn more toward men as friends than toward women, I think I'm so jaded lately that I don't care how their minds are working. Maybe because I'm not convinced that they know how their minds are working.
If I ever finish that book I'll pass along my recommendation. Until then, it's home to cuddle with Lady. Happy Monday!
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