Here I Am

Retirement is hard work.

So far, I've spent a lot of time and energy helping K move out and into her own place, which is now accomplished. That means I got to start putting my own house in order. I had carpets cleaned and furniture moved, and I've moved a lot of stuff myself. By the end of this week, I hope to have my sewing machine moved upstairs, too. And R's shower is next Sunday; once that's over, I'm relatively free for a while.

I have been terrible about writing, not just here, but in answering emails and such. I've just taken care of that, so now I'm caught up. One less thing to feel guilty about. I haven't been reading much either, since I finished The Millennium Trilogy, which I find happens to me after I've read some powerful writing. My next goal is to re-read the first two books in the Hunger Games series before the third one comes out in August.

I've been killing lots of time on getglue.com, which is a social networking site based not on people, but on what you like to read, watch, etc. If you're a getgluer (or not), my homepage over there is http://getglue.com/RLibrin, if you're remotely interested in what books, movies, tv I like. It's kind of like Amazon recommendations, but on a larger scale.

The heat here is horrible, of course, but I think not different from what most of you are experiencing. We had a tornado watch Friday night, which is not so common for here; there was a tornado to the southwest, not so far away. I heard the rain, saw the lightning, and watched the weather reports, but did not sit on the couch shaking in fear the way I used to. Ah, the magic of modern medicine.

BTW, even though I haven't been writing, or even commenting much, I have been faithfully reading. I shall endeavor to improve the frequency of my communications in future.