The weekend approacheth
by chuckofish
Well, this time last week I was going out to dinner with cute boys and hanging out with daughter #2. This week it has been back to the salt mines for me as usual. Work, work, work.
One bright spot was going to my first lacrosse game of the season.
The boy’s Varsity Hounds creamed his old high school team 15-3.
It was kind of weird sitting in the KHS football stadium cheering for the “visitors”. It was also quite cold! Once it started to get dark, I had to bail and go home even with my winter coat and a Bean’s wool blanket to sit on.
At home I am keeping my spirits up with these pretty flowers–and, yes, the Christmas Cactus is blooming again.
On the reading front, having finished Peter Carey’s wonderful Olivier and Parrot, I started reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and I am hooked. The book, which took more than 10 years to write, is narrated by Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New York boy whose world is violently disrupted during a routine visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his mother. A terrorist bomb explodes, killing Theo’s mother and other innocents, including a man who, just before dying, implores Theo to take “The Goldfinch” out of the smoking wreckage of the museum. I have not read Tartt’s other two books, but I am impressed. We’ll see if she holds me for 700 pages. I plan to find out this weekend.
Have a great weekend!
dual personalities 
I tried reading The Goldfinch and just couldn’t finish. It is sitting on my bedside table taunting me.
It starts off well–it will be interesting to see if she can sustain my interest–and so far I like the characters…
It was great to be back at KHS and I’m very glad you guys braved the cold! I’m surprised by the picture of me during the Varsity game, I’m usually not that calm (haha). The second picture is of my 9th and 10th graders after their first win of the year later that night. They were a little excited. I have already lost my voice (again) and have 4 more games this week. Eeek!
I thought they looked really young! Hard to believe you were ever that much of a puppy.
Wish you were here!!
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I’ve heard about the Goldfinch and will be interested to hear what you think. Love your flowers!
Reading Goldfinch. At this point Theo is arriving in Vegas. So far so good. Some claim it turns in too a bit of a slog, though I am ignoring them.