The Ramblings of a Mental Meanderthal

Mom's out of town. Dad went to my cousin's to watch football. (He's back now.) I stayed home and did eight loads of laundry. No television, no conversation. In between trips to the laundry room, I sat in the living room and read or played sudoku. So quiet and pleasant to sit in the sunshine and read with a cat on my lap. It was idyllic.

No resolutions to 2020. Just trying to keep my head above water and find a job so my parents, cats, and I don't live in our cars. The temp job I mentioned almost a year ago is done. I'd got very good at it by the time my hours ran out -- eleven months will do that -- and I was sorry to leave. The boss tried to keep me, but they don't have the budget for it. I'd much rather be employed than not, and I would gladly take it if offered, but the position never felt like a place to settle, more like a step on the way to something else. Here's my Year in Books, as defined by Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2019/38060115 My favorite books I hadn't read before were Becoming , Into the Drowning Deep , Internment , Circe , The Urban Cycling Survival Guide , and An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth . I read at least that much fanfiction as well, if you count repeats. I keep fanfic on a basic Kindle and read that before bed. I've fa