The boys and I had a relaxing few days at my parent's house up in PA. We watched the men installing pavers in their driveway, got their new school shoes, played putt putt, and went to the farmer's market. The boys watered flowers, fed the birds, and timed themselves running around the outside of the house. I marveled at what might be the world's least crowded Target - it even had a Starbucks, which is a rare find in those parts.
It was quiet, fairly calm, and the perfect place to go the week before school. I managed to read a few books and checked my email, but found the lack of computer time refreshing. I'll have to keep that in mind in the coming weeks.
We return to a house in limbo. Undone projects and odds & ends from the school supply lists compounded by a back to school party at our house and all the usual errands means these next five days will be a blur. It's times like these that make me wish I weren't such a procrastinator. Although many items are put on the "after the kids are in school" list, they are bothering me NOW. And the lure of approximately 20 new books stacked up and ready to be read isn't helping.
I have:
- Cost by Roxana Robinson
- The Condition by Jennifer Haigh
- A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
- Tethered by Amy McKinnon
- The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman
- Netherland: A Novel by Joseph O'Neill
- Novel Destinations by Shannon Mckenna Schmidt, Joni Rendon, and Matthew Pearl
- Moloka'i by Alan Brenart
- The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
- What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
- Good-bye and Amen by Beth Gutcheon
- Three Bags Full : A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann
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The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg
As much as I would like to perservere through The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, it's not going to happen. It might be the timing, or it may just be a no-go - either way it's off the list, in spite of all the acclaim.
What's next on your list?
The End.
