Errands, the library, and I love my hair right now.

 I had a rough night, my husband snores sometimes, and last night was one of those nights. I slept on the couch for a few hours, not well, but I slept. Before he left for work this morning, my husband tucked me into our bed and I was out cold immediately and slept until 11:30. What is it about getting tucked in that brings instant comfort? I think it tells our inner child that things are OK. To me, it feels safe. I wonder sometimes, does anyone ever just wake up in the morning and think, ”I feel so refreshed! I can’t believe I slept so well!” I really don’t think so. There is too much blue light and Wi-Fi and EMFs and civilization NOISE for any of us to sleep well. HOW DO WE SLEEP AT ALL IN THIS MESS?! I would love to have a cozy treehouse to sleep in, but of course, I would need an air conditioner and a lamp to read my book, so really never mind, I’m in the Wi-Fi soup and not escaping any time soon!

I had to run to the pharmacy for, you guessed it, pads for my very, extremely, incredibly early period that showed up yesterday. While I was there I picked up a candy bar for my son. Yes, he’s 18, but he LOVES cookies and crème Hershey bars, so if I’m out and about I’ll usually get him one. I think it’s one of those things that I’m going to miss when he goes off to basic training in a few months. 

While I was out and about I decided I wanted to go to the library. There was a break in the batch of storms coming through today so I wanted to be out of the house a bit longer, and If you don’t already know, I LOVE THE LIBRARY.

Things are a little stressful as of late, so I was really drawn to the quiet and the smell of the books. I wish I could find a (natural) fragrance that smelled exactly like library books! I am always open to any kind of book, but I guess in reference to the above-mentioned stress, I gravitated to familiar authors. In the same way that it can be comforting to rewatch a favorite old movie, reading a book from an author I’ve read before feels cozy. I’m not one to reread a book too often, but if I have read something by an author and enjoyed it, I tend to read more (all) of their work. Today, I got another Sue Grafton (N is for Noose), a Shari Lapena mystery, Alice Hoffman’s A Marriage of Opposites (I have always loved anything Hoffman writes), and I picked up Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned, which is weird because I haven’t ever read anything by Anne Rice, but for some reason hearing about all of her books as I grew up makes her feel familiar? In a strange way? I don’t know. I’ve meant to read some of her work but just haven’t gotten around to it until now. So I may start with Queen of the Damned. I will report back!

In other news of the day that you have no interest in whatsoever, my hair is especially curly today and it makes me kind of happy.

Bye.

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