Weekend Happenings, Recording Studio Enjoyable, And so on

Over the weekend I completed Ninth House. I’m so glad it was a e book membership decide, as a result of I simply don’t assume I’d have chosen it alone. It’s fantasy/darkish academia, and I truthfully don’t assume I’ve learn a e book with this a lot magic in it since . . . the Harry Potter collection. But what? It labored for me! I’m tremendous intrigued and plan on persevering with the collection (2 books are out and #3 is on the way in which).

I’ve laborious copies of BOTH Katabasis and The Academy so making an attempt to determine what to learn subsequent however I’d go together with The Academy only for a type of palate cleanser. (I did learn the primary 10 pages of Katabasis although final evening and it was promising! Also, R.F. Kuang simply writes so effectively).

In different information . . . we get a print newspaper now. I noticed a deal for $5/week at NYT that comes with 2 digital subscriptions and was like . . . ehh, why not!? So it was glorious timing that Sunday we misplaced web for like, 60% of the day.

(We didn’t have information OR wi-fi besides on one of many children’ telephones since they’re on a unique plan, so it was actually like 1993 in our home! You’d connect with the hotspot prefer it was dial-up and needed to ration the megabytes.)

We . . .didn’t try this a lot else. Well, apart from the Taylor Swift film (FUN! Went with G). I in all probability want to begin placing extra effort into weekends. Laura and I are planning a BOBW episode about this, and so I used to be simply reminiscing about how when A was G’s age, I used to be all the time bringing all 3 to ‘kid activities’. Now it’s rather more difficult to search out one thing that everybody needs to do, and it’s just a little bit unhappy for G — I imply, simply because the teenagers/tweens aren’t into one thing doesn’t meant she wouldn’t be! A is busy with gymnastics on Saturday and infrequently has homework to meet up with on Sunday. We simply don’t DO as a lot as a household nowadays on a ‘regular’ weekend and I fear I’m going to look again and remorse that.

(It doesn’t assist that always certainly one of us is on name.)

One factor that differs this 12 months: I do miss having soccer video games and tournaments. I imply, I additionally type of don’t miss them (typically it felt like an excessive amount of, or the climate was unhealthy, or it was miserable to observe the crew lose – they usually misplaced A LOT). But it was a pleasant household exercise and bought all (or most) of us outdoors.

Well! I didn’t plan that diatribe however there you go.

Yesterday I spent 3 hours in a (actual!) studio recording my audiobook! I bought by way of about 1/3 of it, so we’re forward of schedule. Hooray! (This is the place I suppose I ought to point out the e book – it’s accessible for preorder. Though not the audiobook simply but!)

Hard to learn however I’m holding an award for the band ‘Til Tuesday, for “Voices Carry”!!! Apparently this studio recorded the band in 1985 (the studio was in NYC). (Aimee Mann was the frontwoman for this band and also you all understand how a lot I really like her, so I sort of died once I noticed it on the effectively. Also apparently early DMB, however no matter. AIMEE MANN!!!!!)

And lastly, I survived my first 1.5 degree pilates class. (It was not that tough however I must work on my Teaser positioning).

PS: My Hobonichi order stays caught in Memphis, the place clearance has been “in progress” since 10/1.