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Sep. 24th, 2020 08:30 amI've been wavering back and forth with wanting to go to the used book shop lately. They're open and have a mask requirement, but I can't really get myself to go shopping around for anything I don't strictly need. Grocery store and Home Depot trips are both unavoidable and necessary, and the only really optional thing I do any more is go into Wawa for coffee. Yes, I could just fill up my truck and leave but let me have this one thing.
That being said, I should call and ask when they'll be taking books again, as I have a decent load. Nothing like the massive dozen or more boxes I was dragging in there in 2018 but I do have probably a couple of those white file boxes I can get rid of. I've been setting aside books I finish for sale or donation after I ask myself, "Really, are you ever going to read this again?" Usually the answer is no. Last week I also went through the entire house and listed every unread book, excepting roleplaying guides and books. I have 124, not all of which I am actually interested in reading any more. I have a lot of Middle Eastern history that I have no interest in now, and I wouldn't be sad to part with a lot of it. Some of the fiction looks good, some looks "eh" at best. I just need to stop making it such a point of pride to finish everything. If it's not that good, just quit. Toss it onto the "sell shelf" and find something else.
So with all those unread books sitting around I'm trying to shop my own shelves for now. For example, I found a copy of Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, which I have somehow not read yet despite driving out there shortly after moving and looking at her home. They were closed that day but I looked through the fence, then walked around in the forest and groves some. Bought some oranges at a farm stand.
Next week we ought to be able to open the windows, finally! I'm so ready for fall weather. The house could really use a good airing out, get all the cat farts out of here.
I have some food prep chores for today, a short run, and some household catching up to do. I bought Untitled Goose Game yesterday and spent a couple of hours playing that, so I missed a workout, the kitchen's still a mess, and I'm surprised I remembered to set up my coffee pot and bring the bird feeders inside! ROFL yes, I'm having that much fun. I'm on the "back gardens" section now.
I am enjoying going back to gaming, though it did take a while to clear soe mental baggage out. I don't like doing things I like doing because I feel bad about doing something just because I like to. It's a childhood quirk - you have to earn your time doing fun things (which does make some sense yes) but then the goalposts would be moved, and you never managed to actually earn your play time. Whatever you were meant to do was subject to change with little notice, and if you didn't get it all done, you should have worked harder, not been so stupid, paid attention to what you're doing, stop being so lazy, etc. You know how it is. So I tend to avoid doing things strictly for my own enjoyment as an adult, which I'm sure would make my mother extremely happy.
This weekend looks like it will be too rainy and gross for bike riding, but next weekend should be great. The 10k is Saturday, so perhaps Sunday would be a good day. I'm going to look at going to Gold Head Branch, or if Fox doesn't want to go, I might drive to Keystone and ride the bike trail there just to get some practice.
That being said, I should call and ask when they'll be taking books again, as I have a decent load. Nothing like the massive dozen or more boxes I was dragging in there in 2018 but I do have probably a couple of those white file boxes I can get rid of. I've been setting aside books I finish for sale or donation after I ask myself, "Really, are you ever going to read this again?" Usually the answer is no. Last week I also went through the entire house and listed every unread book, excepting roleplaying guides and books. I have 124, not all of which I am actually interested in reading any more. I have a lot of Middle Eastern history that I have no interest in now, and I wouldn't be sad to part with a lot of it. Some of the fiction looks good, some looks "eh" at best. I just need to stop making it such a point of pride to finish everything. If it's not that good, just quit. Toss it onto the "sell shelf" and find something else.
So with all those unread books sitting around I'm trying to shop my own shelves for now. For example, I found a copy of Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, which I have somehow not read yet despite driving out there shortly after moving and looking at her home. They were closed that day but I looked through the fence, then walked around in the forest and groves some. Bought some oranges at a farm stand.
Next week we ought to be able to open the windows, finally! I'm so ready for fall weather. The house could really use a good airing out, get all the cat farts out of here.
I have some food prep chores for today, a short run, and some household catching up to do. I bought Untitled Goose Game yesterday and spent a couple of hours playing that, so I missed a workout, the kitchen's still a mess, and I'm surprised I remembered to set up my coffee pot and bring the bird feeders inside! ROFL yes, I'm having that much fun. I'm on the "back gardens" section now.
I am enjoying going back to gaming, though it did take a while to clear soe mental baggage out. I don't like doing things I like doing because I feel bad about doing something just because I like to. It's a childhood quirk - you have to earn your time doing fun things (which does make some sense yes) but then the goalposts would be moved, and you never managed to actually earn your play time. Whatever you were meant to do was subject to change with little notice, and if you didn't get it all done, you should have worked harder, not been so stupid, paid attention to what you're doing, stop being so lazy, etc. You know how it is. So I tend to avoid doing things strictly for my own enjoyment as an adult, which I'm sure would make my mother extremely happy.
This weekend looks like it will be too rainy and gross for bike riding, but next weekend should be great. The 10k is Saturday, so perhaps Sunday would be a good day. I'm going to look at going to Gold Head Branch, or if Fox doesn't want to go, I might drive to Keystone and ride the bike trail there just to get some practice.
