Mom didn’t want to go out this morning, but I’ve been managing to keep myself busy.

Not only did I spin on my Journey Wheel for the first time in several weeks…

I even upgraded its drive bands. Granted, the green is a little on the neon-bright side, but that’s okay. It’s playful, right? Although I might opt to go back to string for just the upper band, though, since I had trouble closing the wheel with the extra tension in the new, springy band. But still. I rather like it. And I didn’t even have to melt anything to get it on the wheel, either.

Here’s the results of the morning’s spinning–another nice, little skein of the Falkland roving that was RAOK’d to me from Kae last December. It’s really such a lovely color. I like it so much–and it’s so much softer, spun up, than I thought it would be. I’ve still got about half of what she sent to go, but so far, I very much like what I’ve spun of it.

I spent some time at the computer–I finally decided to bite the bullet and start entering my reading lists into the computer, and have been plugging away for the last several nights, typing in dates, titles, author’s names (when I can decipher my own handwriting). I’m up to September of 1998 now, having started keeping my log in January 1996 . . . clearly, I have a ways to go. It’s interesting, though. I usually just jot down the titles, but every now and again, I’ll have a comment about the book, or what I’d done that day–like seeing my best friend, or being on vacation with Mom–and I’m enjoying those little reminders of what I was doing at certain times. And to see how often certain titles crop up. Like, for instance, Archangel by Sharon Shinn. I’ve mentioned many times that it’s one of my favorite books. Well, I read it for the first time on May 3rd, 1997, nonstop, between 11:00 pm and 3:00 am. Obviously, I loved it from the start . . . and was able to restrain myself from rereading it again for three whole weeks, until its second reading on May 24th. As of where I am in the log books (Sept 18, 1998), a year and a half later, I had already read it five times. I like discovering these little details of my own reading life…

After all that spinning and data entry, though, I was kind of hungry . . . even having had a decent-sized lunch (leftover chicken chow mein from the other night). So I baked some scones and made some tea and called the parents in for a snack.

By then, I was a little tired, so I curled up by the window with Chappy to finish my book, An Assemby Such as This by Pamela Aidan, the first book of her "Fitzwilliam Darcy" trilogy, which tells the story of Pride & Prejudice from Mr. Darcy’s point of view. Hers isn’t the first to do this, by any means, but I think it’s one of the best. I’ve read the entire trilogy twice so far . . . um, give me a couple weeks and I can give you exact counts . . . and think it’s entirely enjoyable. Definitely recommended.

Oh, and while we were sitting there? I was able to admire the view of the blue, blue sky out the window . . . and the moon. Always kind of a surprise at three in the afternoon, but perfect for Saturday Sky, huh?

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