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If we were having coffee today, I would try to stay away from talking about recuperating after surgery. It seems like that’s all I’ve been talking about. I guess that’s because that’s all I’ve been doing! So come on in and help yourself. I know there’s coffee and tea. You will have to get your own. I hope you don’t mind.
Come on in and check out the new chair my daughter got for me. It’s a chair I’ve wanted since I moved to Oregon in 2008. At the time, I didn’t have the money for it. It’s not expensive. It’s from IKEA but you had to get the chair, the foot rest, and then the cushions. Everything was sold separately. Now the price has gone down and it comes with the cushion. I only got the chair. I’ll get the footrest later. I remember that once I had saved up money to get the chair back in 2009, I went to IKEA to get the chair but they were out of stock on the color I wanted. I had wanted the dark red one. My daughter ended up getting me the black one. I mentioned to her that the chair in my room at the hospital was very similar to the one at IKEA that I had wanted and it was very comfortable and easy for me to get in and out of. So she headed over to IKEA and got it for me. I like it. It gives me a different place to sit, different position than on the couch. And it’s closer to the window so I can open the blinds and look out onto the street from there. Check it out.
If we were having coffee, I would have to tell you that I am excited to finally getting back some of my concentration. I have been able to read for long chunks of time which I hadn’t been able to do in nearly a month! I’m so way behind in my own personal reading challenge for the year (on Good Reads, to read 85 books in 2015). I think I need to read about ten books this month just to get caught up, never mind ahead.
I have my follow up appointment on Tuesday. I will be glad to finally be getting the staples out of my belly so maybe I’ll be a little more comfortable but I’m also a little nervous, okay a lot nervous, about the pathology report. I had hoped that my daughter would be going with me to the appointment but she won’t be able to. In fact, the hospital program they put me into is sending a taxi cab for me on Tuesday afternoon. So I’ll go on my own and listen to what the doctor has to say and then get back on the taxi to head home. It’s about a 40 or so minute drive and it will be in rush hour traffic. Not really looking forward to that part of it but it is what it is.
I’m reading a novel called The Disenchanted Widow by Christina McKenna. I picked it because McKenna also wrote a book called The Misremembered Man that I absolutely loved. However, this second novel is not any bit like the first one I read by her. I keep waiting for it to get better but I don’t think that’s going to happen. It’s not a bad novel. It’s just not what I thought it would be. I’ll be glad when it’s over so I can find something that flows a little easier and faster for me. How about you? Have you read anything interesting?
I’ve started watching Orange Is the New Black. I’ve only watched about four or five episodes and so far, I am liking it more than I thought I would. I like how the back stories of each of the inmates is interwoven with the storyline so we know who they are and how they got into the prison. It’s good writing. I think it was Sabina that recommended that one, so thanks, Sabina!
The A to Z Blogging Challenge is all done with. Well, just about. There will be a reflections post coming up this week. Not sure if it will be on Monday or Tuesday but it will be early in the week. We’re supposed to write about our experiences and/or share links to some of the posts we enjoyed or those we wrote. So there’s that coming up. Also, Monday should be the next installment of my Introducing series but this month it is not going to happen. Because of not being able to concentrate on things, I didn’t get my ducks lined up so I don’t have a writer to introduce you to. So I will do a recap of the previous writers and maybe point you to a couple of others and then I will get someone lined up for June. Again, if you have anyone you would like to see featured here in the monthly Introducing feature, please let me know. It should be someone who has published a book independently.
That’s it for me this morning. It’s time for a pain pill and maybe a short nap. I’ll be by to read the other coffee share posts throughout the day.
Thanks for stopping by and we’ll see you all again next time!
It’s great that the hospital program provides a transportation service—better than nothing, though I agree that going anywhere in rush hour traffic = not fun.
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They actually said they couldn’t provide transportation because I didn’t have insurance to pay for it then she put me on hold and when she returned she (the nurse in charge of care management for the underserved) said that when she told her supervisor that I was going to drive myself neither of them could hear of it because I’m still on medication and can’t drive so she had authorized the cab! I’m so glad I got a person that knows how to work the system!
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Whew! I’m glad, too.
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Looks like a good chair. What do they call it? Ergonomic? Sweet of your daughter to do that for you! Hope you have a good appointment on Tuesday! We are opening our pool today. Got to get back out there and do some more cleaning! See ya later.
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Thanks for stopping by, Barbara. I don’t know what they call that chair but it is comfy. I just have to be careful getting out of it…have to pull the walker next to me and use it to pull myself up. But it is comfy.
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I am really glad to hear that you are recuperating so well. And I agree, that chair is comfortable. We used to have the cream-coloured one in my student house back in the day – most popular seat in the living room (and we had two sofas!). Which reminds me, I should really plan a trip to IKEA… lol.
I’m currently reading The Devil In Amber by Mark Gatiss, part 2 of a trilogy about British spy and dandy Lucifer Box. It’s hilarious. Lucifer is a turn-of-the-century spy (though Devil is set in 1930), lives in No. 9 Downing Street and he’s bisexual at a time when this was still illegal. It’s all written in first person, very Jane Eyre addressing the readers.He spends whole paragraphs describing a lovely lady and his efforts of winning a date with her. Then he meets a nice lad and the next you know it’s “I slept with him”. Full stop. New chapter, different setting. The first time that happened I laughed out loud. It’s a very entertaining read, sort of Sherlock Holmes meets a bisexual James Bond of the early 20th century. 🙂
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That books sounds hilarious. I’ll have to put it on my books to read list on GoodReads. IKEA is great! I dislike going there because there’s so much to look at and my back did not allow me to walk through the whole store but now that I’ve had the surgery, I think it will be less of a problem. I can already tell that the back is not going to be as painful as it was before. I think once I heal and learn to carry my new body proportions properly, the back should be much better. I’m looking forward to being able to walk through the store without having to go find a chair to sit after five minutes!
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Thanks for the coffee. Hope everything goes all right Tuesday at your appointment. Congratulations on finishing the A to Z challenge. You’ve got some drive. I also like that Ikea chair and have one in my office. It’s good for reading.
If you’re looking for writers to feature, I suggest Luccia Gray’s blog http://lucciagray.com/. She has written some books and featured lots of independently published authors (and their books) for A to Z.
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Thank you. I’ll take a look at that blog.
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I’ll be thinking of you on Tuesday. It’s a pity you have to go by yourself, but at least someone else is driving. Fingers crossed all goes well.
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Thank you, Tric. It’s good to know so many are in my corner!
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Hi Corina,
It’s so nice to hear you’re feeling better and like your old self again. : )
You are my new hero, I can’t even imagine a reading goal of over 80 books in one year. If I can manage two books a month I feel like a huge winner.
Thanks for coffee!
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Robin, I have a friend that reads upwards of 350 books a year! Can you imagine that? She does it every year. So at 87 books for last year I feel like I’m a baby in the reading world!
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85 books for 2015 is ambitious! My goal was 30, I think, but I’m way ahead on that. If I meet the goal I’ll bump it up to keep encouraging myself to read.
So glad that you’re loving OINTB! If you are big on the characters’ backstories you’ll LOVE season 2. And season 3 comes out in June! I’m thrilled.
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It looks like a great chair, and it’s always nice to have a change of view, especially when you’re recuperating. I hope the news from the doctor is good news. Will keep you in my thoughts today. I’m so glad they provided transportation for you.
85 books seems like a lot to me! I usually don’t manage the 50 I hope to read each year, although I’ve gotten close once or twice.
Thank you for the coffee. It’s always good to chat with you.
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