Or writing letters, or cleaning the house, or reorganizing my bookshelves, or dozens of other tasks that sometimes give me pleasure. (Cleaning the house is exempted from the pleasure list.) I wonder what it is.  Lack of exercise?  Mamaglop was right about the magnesium supplements, I believe.  I’ve been spotty about taking them, and I’ve got a chocolate craving like no one’s business right now.  I just sucked down an M-Azing crispy bar as if I were a–something.  I don’t even feel like coming up with clever similes!

Despite my blah attitude, life has been going on quite swimmingly–both in a literal and figurative sense.  We had some stinky hot days, so the pool was in use by us and by friends.  If you don’t get a personal invitation and want to come to swim (Kitty and Blue Smurf and other SC-ites), consider yourself invited. Just call.  It’s that kind of house here.  Today is threatening rain, but probably it won’t come in time to cancel baseball games before we all get to the field. We’ll just wait and see. 

I finished Jane Eyre, and I really did enjoy it. Anyone who wants to chat about it is welcome to email me… I’m reading a WONDERFUL book right now called Honey for a Woman’s Heart by Gladys Hunt.  I love to read about books, and I love to hear what others are reading and love to read.  This book is perfect for folks like me:  book lists, comments on how wonderful reading is, synopses of books and why they are worth reading, and more!  It’s a newer book (2002) so most of the titles are recognizable.  Plus, Hunt is a Christian and doesn’t shy away from addressing the ideas of “Christian” literature. I particularly liked the quote she included which basically said, “Christian is a noun. When it is used as an adjective, it’s usually misguided.”