Back in Boston

[flexagon]

I walked off the plane yesterday morning filled with focus and determination, and I followed through on it -- I took a nap on the couch, a GOOD nap on the couch, a long, focused, intentional nap on the couch, a several-iteration nap preceded by a bagel and attended by cats. The couch finally let me go at, oh, about 3:30 PM, when I considered my duty done.

There's a lot I didn't write about in California, like flying in a two-person airplane for the first time (with Chia's husband, who's a licensed pilot of small aircraft but not licensed to do loops or corkscrews, alas), and knitting with a bunch of strangers in a bubble-tea place with great bubble tea and terrible food. Lifting weights all alone in a super old school gym, for free, while the owner ripped up the carpet all around me. Losing my favorite hoodie somewhere on the Zillian campus, retaliating by getting a new hoodie from the employee store (it's 55% hemp). Discovering the first SF novel that has really impressed me in a long time, reading it slowly to make it last through the second week.

I start work in our Boston office tomorrow, the holidays have sneaked up on me and I have to figure out what a "normal week" is going to look like now. Time to... hmm... time to write a bunch more to-do lists.

Comments

[flexagon]

I haven't, but (as I look him up on Amazon) I've heard of the Uglies / Pretties / Specials trilogy. Is that what you read, or something else? It seems like he's been pretty prolific.

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

That trilogy is fun, although I'm glad he wrapped it up when he did; that's what I started with. Also read Peeps, which actually has a couple of twists on vampire lore, and Midnighters, which is more of a horror story.

[flexagon]

Oh, but he didn't wrap it up; there's a sequel called Extras. :)

This is a lot of books... must investigate whether the library has them.