I didn't go to DC because as I pulled my suitcase from my too high bed, I dropped it on my foot and within a few hours it was swollen and hurting. I couldn't imagine getting myself across two large airports and it was too late to order a wheelchair. So instead I watched six plus seasons of THE OFFICE. It was a terrific show until Steve Carrell left and then it felt like the writing room left too. They just didn't know what to do with it and characters that had seemed rich and lovable became flat and boring.
Saw Eleanor, the Great, which was okay but it really had significant plot problems. Saving the Paul Thomas Anderson movie until I am recovered.
What about you?
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Yikes! Sorry about that, even if the binge-watching was mostly pleasant. Was there a special event in DC you meant to attend, or just a seeing the sights again a̶h̶e̶a̶d̶ o̶f̶ d̶e̶c̶l̶a̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ o̶f̶ m̶a̶r̶t̶i̶a̶l̶ l̶a̶w? Hope you're feeling healed up now...
I've been Mostly Doing various projects and getting various matters settled, only occasionally fully to my satisfaction, as the vicious circuses play out on the world stage. Though I did find myself doing an early morning binge of WILL TRENT episodes I'd missed last season, while younger cat cheerfully napped on me for five or six episodes-worth.
Very sorry about your foot and your missed trip to DC. Did you have to take some Autism for the pain?
Mark made the drive back to Albuquerque with no problems. The night before he left, we all went oouit for a celebratory dinner for him at a local seafood restaurant. The service was the slowest I've seen in recent years. The restaurant was dog friendly, so Jessie brought along Chicken Nugget, who was a very good girl indeed.
Then came time to pick up Mark's car and bring it back to Florida. As you remember, on the trip here, the Jetta died just outside of Dallas, costing Mark about two days and about $1200. Once the car was fixed, it lasted until Arcadia, Louisiana, where it once again died. Christina and Jack drove out to pick him up, which cost another day of Mark's vacation; his car was left in Louisiana to be repaired (or re-repaired, I guess) once the car partd were delivered. (It's a law in Lousiaiana that car parts must be ordered from somewhere else and delivered in their own sweet time.) Christina gave Mark her car to use during his final month in Albuquerque. By Thursday, the car part was delivered and on Friday, she and Walt drove the seven hours to pick it up, hoping it had been fixed. The car was fixed for some 200 miles or so, but died about five miles before the bridge over the Mississippi. It took about an hour and a half for the tow truck to reach them. They headed home with the car rrmaining in Louisiaina. This Thursday, they have to travel to Virginia to move Walt's folks back here, so Mark's car will remain in Louisiana for at lest another week. In the meantime, Walt's older sister (yeah, the one he did not know about until a couple of years ago) called to say she has visited his parents and his father appears to be much sicker than they are letting one. The sister is a nurse and fears that Walt senior has about six months left. Also, Walt's mother is experiencing severe memory problems which seem to be getting worse; this we had suspected -- another reason why Walt and Christina wanted his folks closer. Neither one of Walt's folks is aware -- or want to be aware -- of how bad things are getting. It's going to be a very rocky time with those two. With luck, they will be able to get decent medical treaatment for both, but both are very stubborn and may refuse it. If Walt go=es and Ellne's memory gets much worse, she may have to move in with us. **sigh**
I was on animal duty during the trip. Nobody died that I am aware of, although I cannot be certain about NewerCat Rose, who evidently hides under a large chair. She is taking a long while adjusting to the new household and is kept in a spare bedroom. The other cat, Sage, spends most early mornings perched outside in the hall, giving a stink eye to the bedroom door -- I've seen her there every day at about 3 AM. NewerCat Rose is so good at hiding, I have never seen here. There is a chance she does not exist and that some giant, invisable roach has been eating all her foor and then sneakily using her littler box. Time will tell.
A lot of television this week: LYNLET, SISTER BONICAE, RETURN TO PARADISE, HIGH POENTIAL, THE BARON, HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, and DUBLIN MURDERS.. Books included John Saul's BLACK CREEK CROSSING (my FFB), J. D. Robb's first Eve Dallas mystery, NAKED IN DEATH, Bill Williamham's graphic novel collection THE SANDMAN PRSENTS: TALLER TALES, the Manga Compndium HELSING, DEUXE EDITION: VOLUME ONE (which contsins oabout 700 pages of similarly drawn characters and badly drawn battles), and an early Lawrence Block "non-fiction" title, SEXUAL SURRNDER IN WOMEN by "Benjamin Morse, M.D." -- a "Human Behavior study" with "actual" case notes about frigidity in women, published in 1960 and chockful of 1960's misinnformation and prejudices. Coming up this week, Megan's latest.
Keep your foot elevated, Patti, and do not take Autism FOR THE PAIN, else RFK, JR. will come to your home and give you a sever tongue-lashing. Stay safe.
Ouch! Bummer. Here I was picturing you in D.C. all weekend, looking up at the massive banners of Our Glorious Leader. At least you were spared that.
We're having real summer weather this Fall so far, 84 yesterday (normal: 72). I'm not complaining but it was really too hot. But one good thing, they had beautiful weather for the annual Third Avenue Festival. We tend to have rain that weekend, but not this year.
We're not doing anything special or exciting these days, which is just fine with me. We finished the second series of MARLOW MURDER MYSTERIES, which was lightweight but fun. Now that UNFORGOTTEN has reached the last episode, we rewatched the first two episodes (apparently, I slept through much of the second episode the first time around) and will finish it in short order. Jackie added AMC+, since, apparently, you cannot have enough streaming channels. We're watching the second series of the Norwegian WISTING.
One of the enjoyable things about watching older British shows is recognizing the guest stars from other shows. We're on series 17 of SILENT WITNESS. Tobias Menzies (Prince Philip in THE CROWN) and Lorraine Ashbourne (many shows, most recently SHERWOOD) were this week's main guest stars. We watched a very nasty school murder story on the original INSPECTOR LYNLEY MYSTERIES (Bill Nighy, a young Henry Cavill).
Reading mostly short stories and the book of authors talking about how they learned to read and their favorite books, as kids and all time.
Jerry, Jackie would say you are a man of taste (but we knew that already, right?) as she is a HUGE J.D. Robb fan and has read the whole 50+ book series from the beginning.
Man, Mark's car saga could be a WAITING FOR GODOT sequel. Good luck,
Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear about your foot, Patti! What rotten timing! I hope it heals quickly.
So sorry to hear about your injury, Patti! I'm dealing with a similar issue right now, myself. Lots of ice is the trick. Still hoping to see you in D.C. some day soon. Maybe we can even help the National Guard pick up some trash.
It has been too long. VOLTARIN helped, which makes me think arthritis is part of the issue.
I do mean to catch up with WILL TRENT.
This car thing is overtaking animals as the main theme. Sorry about the relatives with issues. We are undergoing that too. We have had over a month of perfect weather. It's almost eerie.
I was already late in getting started this morning and then I got a message that an old blogger friend had passed away, which slowed me down more.
Patti, I am sorry to hear about your foot problem and that you missed your trip. Is it improving now?
Glen finished reading the book by Ben Macintyre, PRISONERS OF THE CASTLE. Today he will start reading THE RURAL CEMETERY MOVEMENT: PLACES OF PARADOX IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA. He is interested in rural cemeteries in the US, and this is one of three books he bought on that subject earlier this month.
I am currently reading CAN'T SPELL TREASON WITHOUT TEA by Rebecca Thorne. I don't really like the title but TEA in the title is what got me interested so I won't complain, and it does sort of signal that it is a cozy book, in this case a cozy fantasy, and I do like it when a book title conveys the subject matter. It is about a lesbian couple who want to leave their current lives behind and open a bookstore in a remote location where no one can find them. The problem is that one of them is a private guard to a powerful and cruel queen, and the other is a powerful mage. The story is good and holds my interest, and it is a light-hearted book, not too demanding, build on community, sharing, being open to ideas. I hope to finish the book tonight. I am enjoying it.
We watched three movies this weekend: GROSSE POINTE BLANK and FIFTH ELEMENT and the MST3K episode of HORROR OF PARTY BEACH. Strangely enough all three of those were first released in 1997, and we did not plan it that way.
So nice to enjoy a book, which I rarely do with having two book group books a month to read. They are almost always depressing. So often good books are, I guess. At least Jane Austen wrote books that were not.
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