Now Reading...

Today, I finished Pride and Prejudice and have now started "The Prince of Tides" by Pat Conroy. I loved Pride and Prejudice, which I've never read before, as crazy as that seems. Favorite character? Mr. Bennet. He was always hilarious.

ETA: Why did I lie? I didn't really like Pride and Prejudice that much. At least I don't remember it that way, a year and a half later. I feel like I should re-read it now, but I remember it as being hard to slog through, so I won't. Wish I'd written a fuller review of it.

Catching Up

Monday, Memorial Day, was one of the most perfect days yet this year. Ricky and I woke early and headed to the beach to catch some sun. It was a gorgeous morning, bright, sunny, a light breeze, not too hot. Unfortunately, that light breeze meant that the waves were RIDICULOUS and, being the fool that I am, I attempted something I never should have...going in the water. I was beaten severely by the Atlantic and when I got home, I found about a pound and a half of sand in my suit, not to mention scrapes and scratches all over my knees and feet. I also pulled a muscle in my back that has yet to fully heal, but it was worth it. We didn't really stay very long, as couples with children soon parked themselves unnecessarily near us. When we returned home, I spent some time reading books and blogs. We met Ricky's parents for dinner at a local sports bar, and then went to BJ's with them. His mom had bought us a little grill for the patio, so that was nice. (We tried it out last night and the burgers were YUMMY!)

I finally got a library card this week. My first since childhood. I don't know why I haven't had one in so long, but it's nice to know that the library is once again a possibility. I need to stop buying everything I want to read, because that is leading to a lack of space and a lack of funds.

Ricky got a new second job, helping a pair of documentary filmmakers tend their experimental garden. Sounds intriguing to me, and it will allow him to exercise his green thumb. The cactus and palm tree on our patio are taking over, along with his new (and extensive) herb garden, so this should be right up his alley. I really hope he likes it as much as he thinks he will.

No culinary explorations recently, although Paula Deen's Pecan-Stuffed Dates went over like gangbusters at the Summer Smash party at work. (We like to party in my office. We had another party today, pizza-type, as a going-away festivity for one of the co-workers, although not the one who got FIRED today!) I intend to try She Crab Soup next week, and I'm making Ricky eat it, even if he's scared.

I'm getting two interns at work. Well, I have to share them, but still. Somehow I was singled out for the honor (she said, not ENTIRELY sarcastically). I don't know what I will do with them. Hopefully one of them will be a Certified Legal Intern and able to handle her own docket. The other is an undergrad, so I'll be doing plenty of talking and explaining, I predict. Speaking of work, I have to go in tomorrow to prepare for the possibility of trials on Monday. Sigh.

My Golden Compass Daemon

Personality

I took the Myers-Briggs Personality Test for the first time since before I went to law school. I think all that legal training changed me. I used to be an INFJ. Now look at me!

Got the test from an old entry of JenClair's. I've actually spent a lot of time this weekend in perusing her blog. Found LOTS of new fodder for my already ridiculously long reading list.

Now Reading...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I finished The Notebook last night, and bawled my eyes out while doing so, I'm a little ashamed to say. It started out slow for me, but yesterday was rainy and grey and the perfect evening to read a little romantic novel. So I finished it up in no time. Not sure I'd read it again, but it wasn't bad for what it was. I wouldn't call Nicholas Sparks a great literary master of our time, but he wrote a nice little story there.

A Slight Chance of Fire

It's kind of disturbing to watch the weather report and, where one would normally see a graphic of clouds or sun, see a graphic of FIRE! The wildfires down here are still burning. Luckily, none of them are close to us...yet. While there has been a faint smoky smell present in the atmosphere for the last few days, as if someone were burning incense in the next room, today the smoke is thick and the smell is penetrating even our closed doors and windows. The damp air is only compounding the problem, creating a thick haze over everything. I believe this just means that the wind has changed and that the smoke from the fires by Lake Okeechobee is now blowing our direction...I'm hoping that it doesn't mean that the fires are creeping closer.

I only managed to read about ten pages of The Notebook last night. For some reason, I wasn't in a reading mood. Instead, I flipped on the TV and pulled out an old crossword puzzle book and gave my brain a challenge.

Oh yes. That is a wild Saturday night for me now. Sigh.

Now Reading...

Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude today and have begun The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. This is not really a book that I would consider to be in my interest group, but sometimes it's good to get outside your own comfort zone, right? Hopefully, it is not too sappy. It's been recommended to me by several people, so it's worth trying, I guess.

One Hundred Years of Solitude was pretty weird. I told Ricky that and he asked me what I meant by it, but the only answer I could come up with was that it was just weird. If you've read it, you know what I mean.