Deb Nance at Readerbuzz hosts The Sunday Salon.
- The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
- Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz
This past week felt super busy at work after the week of jury duty. But, busy in a good way; I feel like I'm getting a lot done and that I've figured out the rhythm of this new job. I also managed to fit in some fun socializing:
- Sunday we had a retirement party for a good friend. It was super fun to see lots of my favorite former colleagues!
- Monday I had lunch with an educator friend and it was so good to catch up; I miss seeing her all the time! That night I had dinner at a friend's house and met a couple new people that I really liked. It felt good to hang out with a bunch of women who are my age and at my stage of life (read: no spouses and with grown kids).
- Tuesday I had lunch with 3 former colleagues. All of us have left or are leaving the school district so it was good to process and laugh about it all.
- Wednesday I attended a pot luck for one of the boards I am on. They are a really nice group of people and it was great to see them outside of a meeting.
- Thursday my daughter came home again and it's nice to relax with her, figuring out her apartment for next year and all that needs to be done. And, we had a visitor Thursday that was really fun. We met Alex in 2012 in London when he taught a dance class that my daughter took. We've stayed in touch ever since and he now lives in Los Angeles part of the time so came up for a quick 24-hour visit. He and my daughter hadn't seen each other in 5 years and it was nice to see them interact as adults.
- Father's Day--my dad is out of town, but my daughter's dad (my ex) invited us over for a BBQ. I know, strange to spend Father's Day with my ex, but we get along and he had also invited over his brother and sister-in-law and some friends so it was nice.
My triathlon is in only 2 months and I am feeling woefully out of shape. So this morning I was back on the bike for the first time in many months and I'm meeting a friend from high school for a walk later this morning. Couple all this fun socializing with binging an excellent K-drama (Sky Castle) and a beautiful day here in Santa Barbara and it's all good!
I am working my way through my June stack of books though I definitely read less when my daughter is home. And I feel like I am not making much progress on my reading challenges lately. When I have picked books to read in the past couple of months I have paid no attention to if they count for a challenge. Oh well. We still have 6 month of the year left.
Here is is the current state of my 2022 challenges. The image is a link to my challenges page.
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