Ramblin'

Baseball season is over for me for the most part. I may watch the World Series depending on who is in it. If it's Houston I will root for anyone, not Houston Cheatin' Astros. 

If it ends up being the Cheatin' Astros and the Phillies, I will watch neither. 

But if a fire were to my feet I'd probably go Astro's over Phillies. It kills me to say it but I'd have to. If you had told me the Dodgers wouldn't be playing I never would have believed you. Or that Atlanta couldn't beat the damn Phillies. Good thing I'm not Pete Rose 'cause I'd have lost all my money on those bets.

As I was watching a game yesterday the satellite kept going off and giving us an error message that said it was a weather issue. WHAT? 

It's 80 degrees, with no wind, low humidity, and not a cloud in the sky. 

What weather? Yesterday was perfect.

It came back on about 20 minutes later. 

Then later around 2:00am, it did it again. 

Right in the middle of something that was not streaming or on the DVR so I was just missing the rest of the movie. Insomnia and then this. I need a good book.

This morning I called Dish and they said they could see that there was a misconnection on the satellite dish etc. Great. Your issue, not mine for a change. They are sending someone here tomorrow morning you know between 10 - 12pm. Which generally means 2pm. 😊

We have had more issues with our satellite than we ever did in 22 years at our last home. How is that possible? We maybe had someone come out a total of 2/3 times in 22 yrs for issues. 

I thought maybe during the hurricane's high winds something got "bumped" and that is why it's sporadic. What the hell do I know. On my monthly bill, I pay an additional $1 something (just under $2) for this kind of service so I am not shelling out any money. All visits are free as are all things inside that I may have to buy unless I have this. I got new extension cables for my office and things like that. It is worth it. On the last visit I would have shelled out a few $100 so I don't mind them coming out when I don't have to pay but them coming out is getting a bit much. They have been here so many times in 1 year. I told Rick I think it's where they have this satellite placed. We didn't choose it nor did Dish. The last woman who lived here had Direct and they just removed her dish and put ours on top of the same pole. It will be discussed tomorrow, that's for sure.

Now that I can read again, I tried to pick up a book everyone has been talking about. This is my 3rd attempt. My mind wanders and I am finding it boring. I think I am giving up. It's just not for me. It reminded me of Gone Girl. Not the storyline but the characters. I skipped a good portion of Gone Girl because there came a point where I was like, "you people are horrible humans and I don't give a shit what happens now to either of you!" 

So then I skipped to the last chapter or two and saw how it resolved itself and that was enough for me. That is how I feel about these characters. 

So I need a new book. 

I am not overly thrilled with mysteries but some I do enjoy. I have a lot of books. I think that I may shop my very own bookcases in my office and living room and find something I haven't read in 20 years or so and see how it holds up. 

I met a blogger several years ago when I started blogging. She was moving from Florida to Portland Oregon. She LOVES Portland. She likes to say she found her tribe and her city. I get that, mine was Northern VA. 

She got a divorce and raised her 2 kids there. Then she saw an old flame again. He was in Portland and they had a date. Fast forward to a year of long-distance dating and he asked her to move to his home, in Winston Salem, NC. Her son was now on his own and didn't wish to move, he liked it there as well as his job. Her daughter is only 15 so she came with her of course. They are all in Portland now as I type this visiting what she calls a necessary mental health trip. I hope she can move back there someday. 

I understand how she feels.

She HATES it here for all the same reasons I do. She is 2 hrs away. 

I went to see her a few weeks ago for a quick visit because she had just gotten out of the hospital. She has been here twice. She saw all the changes/work we've been doing - be it ever so slow due to money. 

She was standing in the living room looking at the books on the new bookcases when I walked in with her drink. She said WOW you have some old books. I laughed and said, "or you're just so young!"  

You see she is 21 years younger than me. I said you can tell the years and my age - for example...Danielle Steele, Jackie Collins, and Dick Gregory. Danielle Steele would not be something I'd even pick up today. This was the 70s. I was in my late teens to my 20s. Then the 80s and Stephen King along with Fannie Flagg, etc. She saw the book The Color of Water by James McBride on my shelf. That pique her interest.  I don't recall when I read this but it's an older book. A memoir. I recall it being just an excellent book.  This went on with her comments on books, to the present-day books. 

She asked if she could borrow from my library. She told me long ago she does not give out books anymore unless someone signs that it will be returned or a new one is purchased. She told me this years ago. 

I too, do not lend books out. I stopped that many many years ago because I never got them back. 

So I said, "Should I do what you do?"  She said certainly!  

So she checked out a few books for her trip to Portland this week. 

I figure if she can read these old ones why can't I? 

Add to that fact that my memory is shit these days so I may find a book on my own shelf that I don't remember from over 20 years ago and I may enjoy it again. I may start with The Color of Water now that I think about it.

Do you ever reread a book you liked? Do you remember it all? Or do you glean new things from it or just enjoy the book again?