Friday: Neighbor Lady (not to be confused w/ Rat-dog Neighbor) lent me Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I promptly set aside Lady of Avalon and started on it. And fell asleep with it in front of my nose. I don’t remember much else of that night. I was @ Hogwarts.
Saturday: I finished the book in the early afternoon. And eagerly accepted the next & last. Spouseman & I headed off to the drive-in to see good ol’ Harry & his magical adventures. And sat in traffic for nearly an hour. It’s amazing how many vehicles that place could squeeze in there! We thought (after being on the same street for about 1/2 hour) that they were surely going to start turning people away before we even got there. Not so. Which is good, because I was in a very foul mood. I enjoyed it a great deal. Spouseman & I discussed the difference between the movie & the book & I answered some questions that had bothered him.
We had a bit of a surprise when we got home. Our garage door was open! Spouseman went across the street to see if Neighbor Lady or one of her boys had left it open (they’re helping him build the backyard pond). He came rushing back to inform me that someone had tried to break into our house while we were @ Hogwarts. Nothing taken or broken, the police alerted, Spouseman concerned, Autumn…unruffled. As long as all was well, I wasn’t that bothered. I knew better than to say that to Spouseman, however. I returned to England to hang out w/ Harry & Hermione. And stayed up until well after Inuyasha finished. Fell asleep on the couch, but this time had the presence of mind to put the book on the table.
Sunday: Got up from the couch because of a cramped hip. It was light out. Stumbled to bed, ignoring the pleas of the dogs to start the day. Got up a few hours later & went back to England. Sat in my rocker, sat on the porch, sat on the couch, sat on the porch. Spouseman got up. I acknowledged his presence & kept on reading. In the afternoon, I started crying a bit. A few chapters later I was all-out bawling. 5 tissues later & a few chapters later, I was done. And didn’t want to be. I wanted to read it again! But it was Spouseman’s turn. (He’s about halfway through now.) We went to the store & I started to feel the effects of having forgotten to eat. Low blood sugar, shakes, itchies, weakness & a very foul temper. Got home & decided to finish Lady of Avalon. Spouseman headed off to bed to read & I then started the whole Harry Potter series over again. I’m sure Neighbor Lady will let me re-borrow the last 2 so I can do it all properly. At least until I get my own.
This Morning: Slow & reluctantly mobile. Thank goodness for coffee, my friends, or I’d still be on the couch having called in lazy.
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And now, a new meme: 
1.What is one thing that will put a great big ol’ smile on your face?
Dave Matthews Band
2.You’re walking down the street toward a very familiar face. As you get closer you realize you do not remember this person’s name at all. Do you speak with the chance that they’ll want to stop and chat or do you pretend that you don’t see the person?
I smile & see what happens.
3. Are you the rock or the sponge of your household?
Call me a petrified sponge.
4. You have gone over to a friend’s for dinner. You look down at your plate and notice a great big ol’ hair hanging out from inside your sandwich. What do you do?
Pull it out & keep eating. Seriously, it’s not as though it doesn’t happen in my house every single day. Even when I don’t cook!
5. If you HAD to name one….who would you say is your role model?
The version of my mother that lives on the planet Htrea. (That would be the planet where everything is opposite of what it is here on Earth.)
6. Have you raised children? If so, do you think your parenting skills were top notch or could have used a little help from Dr. Phil?
On to #7…
7. Would your (past or present) mate/spouse/significant other/whatever say that living with you has been like a gentle breeze or more like a hurricane?
Three words: Tropical Storm Autumn
8. When you shop at the grocery store, do you always shop exactly by a list or just go helter skelter & hope that you get home with most of what you need?
I’m a listie kind of gal. But I have been known to make way too many impulse buys. And I usually have to go back again in a day or so ’cause I’ve forgotten something anyway. (Tomorrow night it’s tomatoes & some meds.)
