This past Monday I made a rushed visit to the library to return my two books and get some more (I'm so excited to be reading like this again!). I got there about 30 minutes before they closed so I didn't allow myself to really look around for something and after 15 or 20 minutes of very little, I grabbed the Neil Gaiman book I found and started to make my way to the counter. As I left the fiction section I briefly looked over the recommended readings and saw a book that I thought would be interesting and picked it up, ready to check out. When I got to the counter the lady pulled up my account and said the book I had requested (and wasn't expecting for another week or so) was ready for me and she added it to my pile. What a surprise! I was so happy I think I was smiling the whole walk home. The only downside is that I've put some pressure on myself to read these books fairly quickly so I can meet my twenty book goal. I'm trying not to turn it into a chore but instead encouraging myself to spend my free time with a book instead of Netflix or coaxing my slow computer into doing something in a timely manner. I am really, very excited to be reading these books.
In other good news, Tanner and I brought a new plant into our apartment last week. We still haven't named it, or figured our its gender, but it's a Chinese something. It looks like it's going to sprout something in the middle, hopefully a flower. And in great news, our fern has a new bud growing! I'm so glad that I haven't killed it and that it's actually doing well. Tanner and I are like proud parents, it's really wonderful. The bud gets bigger every day. I can't wait to see what else will happen!
I also just/finally acquired a candle diffuser. I love having candles and incense burning but I love a scent that will fill our apartment and actually last for a while. And then it hit me that I needed to get a diffuser. The wax melts that I got (jasmine) and so intoxicatingly wonderful and lingers for a long time. Now I feel much better about the little weird smells that pop up.
Ah, the simple things.
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