Life has been pretty busy lately

I have come home the last couple of nights and have just absolutely crashed. Thursday I saw my ankle surgeon and was told that the ankle was strong (although I should continue wearing the bone stimulator because it would just make it even better). He gave me the okay to finish up with physical therapy. He was concerned with the fact that my blood sugar went up the moment I returned to work, and my regular doctor and I will try to work that out. I took a friend out to the mall to fight the good fight against a department store that has made an error they apparently do not know how to correct. I spoke with my therapist and we basically had an exit interview via phone so I didn't have to go in and I am officially 'graduated' from physical therapy. I went home, meaning to work on the notes, but didn't get started. I had a phone call and then texted some and by that time was just so tired; it had been a long day.

Friday was kind of slow at work. I got another book to review. It's due March 27th. I picked up a friend from work, went by the pharmacy and Subway for dinner, ate with them, and then went home and did work on the notes for awhile, but I got really sleepy and didn't finish them. So this morning I got up early and worked for another hour or so, finished the notes, put them in Dropbox so I can access it from my mobile devices, etc. Then I went over to my friends' house and we did a grocery run that wasn't too bad. We went to a different store because they had all these Kroger gas points and we decided to try to use them. I got 80 cents off, at $2.85 a gallon. That was something happy, given the current high prices of gas. I did my laundry over there and watched three episodes of 'The Vicar of Dibley', made one of my friends a simple lunch, and then came on home, as they were wanting to watch 'Midsomer Murders' (not that I have anything against that, and I was invited to watch, but I'd had enough video watching for the moment, and my contacts were acting up and needed to come out. Plus, I wanted to blog after not doing so for a couple of days. Besides, it's kind of their 'couple time'. :)

So now I've eaten dinner and am thinking about relaxing for awhile. I'd like to listen to some music, maybe read (I'm on page 41 of Beautiful Creatures, and then watch an episode of 'Downton Abbey' if I can. Sorry I didn't write for a bit. Next week will hopefully not be too busy.

Well, it took most of the day

but we finally got to see Beautiful Creatures. The guys weren't ready (well, actually YKWIA wasn't ready, but A was) to go to the 1:00 showing, so we went on to Cheddar's and ate there, and then we got stuck somewhere before the 3:50 showing, and what with traffic around the mall, got there 10 minutes late, so we bought 7:00 tickets and I stuck around their house for awhile before it was time to go back.

I really enjoyed the movie. The love story was sweet without being treacle. The setting was deliciously Southern Gothic (it was filmed in Covington, Louisiana, although it set in South Carolina). The young man who played Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich) really conveyed that well. The girl who played Lena (Alice Englert) did a pretty decent job as well, especially as she was playing a withdrawn person who slowly came out of her shell through love. The actress who played Ridley (Emmy Rossum) was perfect for the part, being deliciously dark and dangerous. Emma Thompson did a great job as wacky fundamentalist ['but I baked you brownies...from scratch'] and the embodiment of Serafine. And how can you go wrong with a film that has tunnels and ancient books under a normal-looking public library and a librarian (Viola Davis, playing Amma--you may know her has Aibileen from The Help) who is both a keeper of secrets and who has ancestor spirits to consult of her own? :) Jeremy Irons also does well in the role of Macon.

I'm intrigued by the movie and plan on reading the books. They're only $2.99 apiece in the Amazon Kindle store. :) I went ahead and got them, and just now read the first snippet on my phone. Let me go download it to the actual Kindle.

It's getting a bit late (almost eleven) and I have the game tomorrow and a short trip to the store for snacks first, and I have to be over there about 9 am. So good night.