Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts

I finished The Dutch House by Ann Patchett and loved it! Julie and I are going to do another joint blog conversation soon, so watch out!

The other day I finally had a conversation I was absolutely dreading regarding a work matter and it went a million times better than I thought it was going to. Huge sigh of relief. That's really my life strategy- build things up to astronomically negative proportions in my head and then be relieved when things go better than anticipated. 

The other day I stayed home to try to get on top of a lingering head cold I’ve had for a few weeks, and it was probably the stupidest thing I could have done. You can’t cure a cold in a day, but what you can do is ruminate excessively, feel frustrated about missing a day of productivity at work, and get irritated about all the time in the car schlepping your kid to and from school (my son goes to school by my work, which is about 30 minutes each way). I really thought it was going to be a magical day of couch time in the house by myself, but I must say I ended up just plain mad. I was happier today going to work (what the hell?)

When I walked into Target the other day it looked like Frozen II had thrown up all over the place. I had Sawyer with me and his Disney-musical-loving-heart basically exploded, so I caved in a let him look at everything for a solid ten minutes. I just can’t believe how MUCH STUFF comes with movies like this, and it just continues to get crazier and crazier. We don’t buy him toys outside of his birthday and Christmas often, and when we do it’s usually something he has to earn or for a special treat, so I’m thankful it wasn’t time spent listening to him beg for new toys. But still, kids are exposed to way too many material items THESE DAYS (I know, I sound like an old person).

I thought of an excellent title for a book, but I have basically no idea for an actual premise. But, maybe that’s the way to go?

There’s an alpaca farm that gives tours less than an hour from my house. How have I never gone? When shall I go? How will inconspicuously stash one in my purse when I leave?

We are fall-ing the crap out of the next few weeks. A big pumpkin patch last weekend, a corn maze and trick-or-treating at Knott's Berry Farm in a few days, a trunk-or-treat at Sawyer's school, regular trick-or-treating,  and busting out some Libby's Pumpkin Puree for some baked goodness. 

Have a great week!