A Boring Tuesday :)

Hi Everyone,

Not much to report today.  I have just been hanging out in my room "being boring" as all my medical professionals tell me to do.  I have had some very nice visitors the last couple of afternoons, which have helped me pass the time and reminded me of home.  I think it's so nice of people to make the trip to see me--thank you!

I love to read (obviously), and one advantage of being stuck here is that I can sit down and get lost in a book without feeling guilty.  I often don't read for pleasure during the school year because I tend to neglect all other duties in favor of finishing the book, so it's a nice treat to be able to indulge that part of my brain. 

I've been wanting to read The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo series for awhile, so I started there.  They are long books, but easy to get drawn into, although a little on the "dark" side.  The darkness has a context and purpose though, and I tend to tolerate that as long as it's part of a valid story, which this definitely is.  I often discuss with my students the difference between an author who reflects the reality of a fallen world in his/her work while still telling a redemptive story vs. one who throws the "dirt" in just to elicit a reaction or as a "hook" that really is not part of a larger story. 

Anyways, I have been enjoying the books and taking a little break from being online all the time, which has been refreshing.  I haven't even looked at Pinterest since last week :)

I have also been enjoying the Olympics, although I have found it problematic that London is so many hours ahead of us.  NBC saves all the good events for primetime, but I tend to somehow find out the results before I watch.  Jason doesn't watch at night, so he looks at the internet all day and thinks it's fun to tell me who wins.  Or he says, "You will never guess what happened!" and then I make him tell me because I get curious.  Today he told me the results of the Phelps races, but said he'd save the other "big" event for me to watch tonight (women's gymnastics).  But then I went on Facebook and someone had posted it!  So now I already know what happens, dang it.  Oh well.

Other than that, the only other big news I have is that I tried the burger off the hospital menu today, and it wasn't bad. Now I have something else to order...I tend to get in a rut otherwise and order the same thing day after day (open-faced turkey sandwhich with gravy and mashed potatoes).  So now you know all the details of my day :) Sorry.

Hope you are having a good week!