The tiny town we go to for our anniversary each year (Cape Charles, Virginia) has been putting out Xmas ornaments as a fundraiser for the last 9 or so years. We managed to pick up most of them from our innkeepers, but she didn’t have this years. She texted me last night that the new one was out, so it’s been ordered. This year is the local theatre, which ironically is the one place in town we’ve never been. Most years it’s closed, or we just miss whatever is showing, or it’s showing something we have no interest in (this year was a Dave Matthews cover band – no thanks). Once we got past the first 4-5 of them I put a note in my phone with an inventory to make sure we don’t buy extras.
The husband is flying back from Chicago this morning. Has been nice having the place to myself and setting an earlier schedule, but I look forward to hearing about the trip, and the big Spider-man exhibit that was there.
Picked up the latest Ravenloft book from DnD. I remember the original Curse of Strahd coming out in the early 1980s and loved that one, so even though I have little to no time to play DnD these days I still enjoy reading the source books.
I think it’s finally time to try running again, a year out from the knee surgery (June 12, 2025). The exercise/mobility program I’ve been doing has been fantastic for my body overall, not just the knee, but definitely has helped there. Who knew that lots of squats and lifting weights was good for you? Everyone, of course. So I’ve hauled out some of my favorite books on the subject to develop a return-to-running plan. I also discovered that there’s a local running group that meets on Sundays a short walk from the house, so I can get some social interaction with it as well, once I’m sure I’ll be back to it. I’m medically cleared, and have been for months, this is more the mental hurdle of “am I going to injure myself again”.
Making more use of the local library this summer, but as a result I have a backlog of books now. While I get a lot of reading time on the Metro sometimes you don’t want to haul the giant hardback with you along with everything else (lunch, etc.). I no longer mind the weight (thank you exercise program), it’s more the bulk of it. Add to that my usual cyclical backlog of comics. I’d gotten them all read the last time the husband went out of town, but when you add to the collection weekly they can overwhelm.