So, I'm just hanging out in Dallas this week. And by hanging out I mean working.
The timing has been fantastic, what with the whole ebola thing. Good gravy.
It feels like zombies. I'm pretty sure someone on reddit called the poor guy that died "patient zero," which seems pretty appropriate. But the media, to be fair, makes it sound like it would be as easy to tell if someone was carrying the ebola virus as it would be to tell someone's a zombie. Flu-like symptoms? Maybe? Don't touch any of their fluids. Okay! Wasn't gonna anyway! ...But now they are all talking about how another person may have it, a cop or something? And it's like, dude! did you not see the signs? It's like the beginning of Zombieland. Anyway. It's super creepy. And I hope it gets resolved soon. A cure would be ideal obviously, but I hope too that the medical professionals here and abroad will be able to stop the spread and save lives! ...Meanwhile, all this talk about closing the borders (which frankly sounds unsympathetic as a country quite content with dumping ice on our heads to help people a mere month ago, even when that act didn't actually do anything...) and I just hope that I get home tomorrow without there being any issues. But last night, you should have heard me freaking out in my hotel room. I'm always less sensible and much more paranoid at night, and I was losing it while talking to the Husband. I wasn't sure the glass of water they brought with my room service last night was safe (I drank it anyway, because, you know - hydration...but whatever). And I'm fairly certain there is a police or fire station nearby, because there are sirens constantly.
So that's been a gem, and I'm super excited to go home tomorrow.
In other news, I'm reading like six books right now. And I'm much more aware of that fact now since my routine includes waking up super early, working, and going back to my room for dinner and reading. I don't know why I can't ever focus on one at a time. I know it bothers people when I tell them I read multiple books at a time. It's not like I'm doing it simultaneously - like numerous versions of kindles surrounding me and I just read a sentence at a time from each (although I've done that before when I'm incredibly tired in-flight, since I can't sleep on planes). It's like watching a bunch of TV shows. You can totally remember the stories from each without getting confused, so it's not really that different.
Anywho, if you were wondering what I'm reading (who knows?) here you go:
1. The Hobbit - not a surprise after my last update.
2. Harry Potter and the something or other book that follows Goblet of Fire -- okay, haven't technically started it, but I'm mid-series. So it's always in my face like "read me, dammit!"
3. Sense and Sensibility - earlier this year I swore I'd read through all of Jane Austen's books because she's amazing. But I got stuck on this one - the first one - and it's not going very well.
4. Honor's Knight - remember that one book, uh, Fool's Pawn? That turned out to be flippin' fantastic. So I'm on the second one, and it's definitely my go-to book right now. Freakin' awesome. (haha, it's actually Fortune's Pawn. But I have terrible memory. Reading retention is not my thing apparently.)
5. Gone Girl - book club! my friend and I started a movie based book club, and this was our first pick (despite starting in like June...and we just agreed on it two weeks ago.) I got half-way through and stopped but I'm also out of town for most of the month so it'll be a while before I can even go see the movie. I've got time!
Okay so five books! That's not too bad, right??
(p.s. - I just picked up a copy of Rainbow Rowell's latest - Landline, and The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson is free on amazon right now. So hopefully it will be seven books very soon! Wheee!!!)
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