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I moved to a new apartment two weeks ago and decided to give away my TV to a deserving couple who needed one. There are a few things I realized quickly when you no longer have a television:
1. As soon as it gets dark you’re ready for bed
2. There is a LOT more time available
3. Once the sun goes down you feel like it is really late, when it’s only 9:30pm
4. You finally get around to those books you’ve purchased and set aside before because you were too ‘busy’
Granted I never had much time during the school year and so I never watched much TV, but I am enthralled to be reading again! It’s fabulous. I am currently going through the Barnes & Noble Complete Sherlock Holmes Volume 1 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
I actually finished Doyle’s first short story, “A Study in Scarlet” and I was very much impressed by how ageless his writing is. There were some words I had to pull the ‘ol dictionary out for, however, thanks to the foot and endnotes in this edition I was able to get through the story quite well.
I decided to read Sherlock Holmes’ stories seeing as he was one of the mainstream fictional ‘forensic scientists’ (if you will) of his time. When he mentioned an infallible confirmatory test for blood I got really excited and realized what a total nerd I was for getting excited.
Now if only we could discover such a test with no cross reactions!
On the other spectrum of my life, is of course my impending nuptials. After realizing that my future groom is going white water rafting for his bachelor party/activity I became rather jealous and wondered why I didn’t think of such a fun thing to do. So here I am in my darkened living room, sans TV, trying to brainstorm a fun thing to do with my lovely ladies.
Alas, I think I will just go to bed and think upon it.
TO DO:
1. Finish wedding bulletins –for the life of me I could not print them out properly
2. Decorate the basket for cards
3. Finish secret project for my dearest (it’s a surprise!)
4. Pray that his car that broke down today will not cost more $$$ and that it will last until we both graduate!
5. Figure out what to do for bachelorette party/activity
6. Several other things that I will think of as I try to sleep tonight
7. ZZZZzzz…
