  I didn't get any work this morning and nothing else has come in so far today,  but that's okay. nbsp;  I've been reading that book I mentioned in an earlier post,  Fishers of Men by Gerald Lund. nbsp;
 I was able to finish it this morning! nbsp;  So that was nice. nbsp;  And I can get started on the& nbsp;
next one in the series of 3. nbsp; nbsp;  Plus,  the new Stephen King book in his Dark Tower series just came out. nbsp;
 We bought it& nbsp; nbsp; and J read it first. nbsp;  He&
nbsp; finished it and has& nbsp; been& nbsp; taunted me about how&
nbsp; good it was. nbsp;  Like the Harry Potter series,  there are 7 books in total planned ( only not so like Harry Potter -
 lol) nbsp; nbsp;  This one was the& nbsp; 6th book.
nbsp;  We do read a lot of his books -  not that I think they are the best because he uses& nbsp; quite a bit of bad language in them -  but he is a good writer and most of them are good stories.
nbsp;  How many of us haven't either read the book or seen the movie Salem's Lot? nbsp;  Unless you totally can't take scary movies or stories. nbsp;  But the Dark Tower series is much more&
nbsp; SciFi than it is horror -  in fact,  a lot of his are. nbsp;  And we've really been in to it from way back when he wrote the first one many years ago.
nbsp;  So,  I actually couldn't stand& nbsp; it and started reading it& nbsp;
before I finished the other book ( but then,  I have been& nbsp; known to have 4 or 5 books going at a time. nbsp;
 When I get sick of it taking so long,  I pick the one I'm almost done with and finish it,  then work my way through the& nbsp; group,  only to start the whole cycle again a bit later)
nbsp;  Now I'll rush to finish it so I can move on to the next Gerald Lund book. nbsp;  J& nbsp; started a new shift this past week.
nbsp; nbsp; It works better for school for him,  I guess - nbsp; although really,
 what is going to work 'well'. nbsp;  Now he goes in to work on Saturday,  Sunday,  Monday and Tues. nbsp;
at midnight. nbsp;  Then he still has school on Tues &  Thurs.  evenings and Saturday mornings. nbsp;
 Honestly,  it's like we never see each other now. nbsp;  Often when he is home,  I'm working. nbsp;
 But,  I suppose we just have to adjust. nbsp;  I can feel the distance,  though.  R is doing great with swimming still.
nbsp;  She's been improving a lot at each swim team class. nbsp;  But I think she is bored and ready to go back to school. nbsp;  We are limited in what we can do now,
 too,  with just one car as J often has it at work. nbsp;  His idea of riding " almost all the time"  dwindled pretty fast.
nbsp;  Not that I begrudge him the car. nbsp;  It's just a difficult adjustment. nbsp;  R and I are a bit trapped without it.
nbsp;  No one lives " close"  here and& nbsp; the library is&
nbsp; several miles away. nbsp;  So,  we have been doing things here at home and growing a bit more bored. nbsp;
 It's hard when you can't get out and about at will. nbsp;  But,  again,  we'll adjust.  Got a new quote:
nbsp; nbsp;  " You try,  you fail. nbsp;
 You try,  you fail. nbsp;  But the only real failure is when you stop trying! nbsp;  Gypsy Woman from Haunted Mansion I like the quoter as well as the quote -
 lol.  Well,  I think I am going to go back to my reading. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;
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