  Well, my house is starting to get back to what it was like before, with all of the furniture in its proper place. Whew!! I love my new bedroom, but it's going to require "getting used to" on my part. I had a bad dream last night about sleeping on a mattress with hard metal springs sticking out of it into my back.
Please know that my new mattress set is very comfortable. It's just not what I'm used to, so it will take some time. What I really wanted to talk about here, today, is the book that I'm reading right now. Several months ago some colleagues were talking about an author named Gregory Maguire and several books that he has written that are very popular now. I'm not good at keeping up with THE popular books, so I had never heard of this. But I looked into it, and the book I decided to start with is called: _Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West_. Well, I'm about halfway through the book at this point, and it's a riot. It's not told in a "funny" way, but with dry, satirical humor. It's truly the life story of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz. They start with her parents' horror as they discover that their new baby has green skin (can you imagine the scandal!? ) and continues through her attending college (that's what I'm reading right now), where her roommate's name is "Glinda".
Hmmm... Anyway, I look forward to seeing what other interesting things that he brings in. For example, there are sections about her irrational fear of water, she has a sister whom she adores, and so on. It's a lot of fun. Some of this author's other titles are _Mirror, Mirror_ and _Confessions of an Ugly Step-sister_. I've heard, though, that "Wicked" is the best. 
