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tvordljAlmost back to normal. I didn't even sleep sitting up last night and I think I got a better sleep because of it. That sounds logical, doesn't it? I have been propped up against one of those bed pillows where you can sit up in bed. I use it for reading in bed but when slumped down against it, with a pillow against the small of my back, it's actually not that uncomfortable to sleep, especially if lying down causes me to cough. At least I can sleep though I think probably it's not a "good" sleep. This cold is really going around though. The woman in the apartment over me has it too. I can hear her coughing at night! Yes, the walls are thin in our building.
Expecting a miserable storm tomorrow, starting with rain in the morning and changing to heavy snow later. Ick... Will have to get to work and hope that either it's not too bad to get home or they let us go home early before the busses stop. I don't want to waste a vacation day. I've done that before, in anticipation of the weather and the weather ended up not being too bad at all. THey won't let us work from home though they don't mind if we have to implement a change from home at night or on the weekend. (don't get me started)
I've been making arrangements for the trip to the UK. Got an airport hotel booked. Got the train ticket from Euston to Manchester. I need to book a hotel in Ipswich for when we're visiting his family and book a rental car. I think we'll end up driving the rental to Ipswich which is far more convenient than hauling luggage and guitars on the train. I'll have to do a comparison on the rental companies because dropping off at a different location incurs a fee and from what i've seen so far, how much it is varies quite a bit from one company to the next. I must also see if my nephew can get a corporate rate code (even if he doesn't work at his former company anymore. You never know. It doesn't cost to ask!)
6 - The Night Stages - Jane Urquhart
Not bad but not great. woman is running away from a relationship with a married man. delayed in Gander airport, musing over a mural there. Story of her lover's younger brother and a bit about her and her relationship and for some unfathomable reason, some about the painter of the mural which seems totally unrelated unless I just don't get the subtleties.
7. Etta and Otto and Russell and James - Emma Hooper
An 83 year old woman who may have some form of dementia decides to walk from the Prairies to the east coast. Leaves husband behind to fend for himself. Russell is their neighbour and long time friend and James is a coyote that travels with her though i'm not sure it's actually real. Flashbacks to various points in her and her husband's life including some of his war experiences. Not bad but a bit odd in parts.
8. Midnight Sun - Jo Nesbo
Not one of his Harry Hole crime thrillers. A man who is hiding out from his drug dealing boss hides out in the far north of Norway in a small village where he becomes involved in the lives of a mother and son. Pretty good.
9. Outlandish Companion, Vol. 2 - Diana Gabaldon
A second volume of the background "companion" material to books 4 - 8 of her Outlander series. Cast of characters, synopses of the books and the Lord John books, very interesting essays on historical fiction, writing, sex and violence in her books. Gaelic dictionary. Herbals, cooking in the 18th century. All very cool stuff.
10. The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith
I had this book in my e-library along iwth a lot of her other books. THey've brought out a movie, Carol, based on this book so I thought I'd read it. Written in the 1950s it's about a young woman that falls in love and has an affair with a woman going through a divorce that ends up very dirty as it would in the 50s if homosexuality was involved. HIghsmith wrote it initially under a pseudonym and it's a bit dated, with sex implied but not explicit as you might expect for the time it was written. Thankfully, times have changed. Interesting to read from the point of view in an era where things have changed greatly in that respect.
Expecting a miserable storm tomorrow, starting with rain in the morning and changing to heavy snow later. Ick... Will have to get to work and hope that either it's not too bad to get home or they let us go home early before the busses stop. I don't want to waste a vacation day. I've done that before, in anticipation of the weather and the weather ended up not being too bad at all. THey won't let us work from home though they don't mind if we have to implement a change from home at night or on the weekend. (don't get me started)
I've been making arrangements for the trip to the UK. Got an airport hotel booked. Got the train ticket from Euston to Manchester. I need to book a hotel in Ipswich for when we're visiting his family and book a rental car. I think we'll end up driving the rental to Ipswich which is far more convenient than hauling luggage and guitars on the train. I'll have to do a comparison on the rental companies because dropping off at a different location incurs a fee and from what i've seen so far, how much it is varies quite a bit from one company to the next. I must also see if my nephew can get a corporate rate code (even if he doesn't work at his former company anymore. You never know. It doesn't cost to ask!)
6 - The Night Stages - Jane Urquhart
Not bad but not great. woman is running away from a relationship with a married man. delayed in Gander airport, musing over a mural there. Story of her lover's younger brother and a bit about her and her relationship and for some unfathomable reason, some about the painter of the mural which seems totally unrelated unless I just don't get the subtleties.
7. Etta and Otto and Russell and James - Emma Hooper
An 83 year old woman who may have some form of dementia decides to walk from the Prairies to the east coast. Leaves husband behind to fend for himself. Russell is their neighbour and long time friend and James is a coyote that travels with her though i'm not sure it's actually real. Flashbacks to various points in her and her husband's life including some of his war experiences. Not bad but a bit odd in parts.
8. Midnight Sun - Jo Nesbo
Not one of his Harry Hole crime thrillers. A man who is hiding out from his drug dealing boss hides out in the far north of Norway in a small village where he becomes involved in the lives of a mother and son. Pretty good.
9. Outlandish Companion, Vol. 2 - Diana Gabaldon
A second volume of the background "companion" material to books 4 - 8 of her Outlander series. Cast of characters, synopses of the books and the Lord John books, very interesting essays on historical fiction, writing, sex and violence in her books. Gaelic dictionary. Herbals, cooking in the 18th century. All very cool stuff.
10. The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith
I had this book in my e-library along iwth a lot of her other books. THey've brought out a movie, Carol, based on this book so I thought I'd read it. Written in the 1950s it's about a young woman that falls in love and has an affair with a woman going through a divorce that ends up very dirty as it would in the 50s if homosexuality was involved. HIghsmith wrote it initially under a pseudonym and it's a bit dated, with sex implied but not explicit as you might expect for the time it was written. Thankfully, times have changed. Interesting to read from the point of view in an era where things have changed greatly in that respect.
