Potatoes in the Mist

For some reason I'm still getting pimples (age 43). Most of them are docile and fade away, but one of them really has staying power. They don't even make Oxy-10 anymore, so I bought the Neutrogena equivalent and slathered it on. Hopefully that will nuke the thing.

I like the piano music upstairs. It’s so peaceful and just washes over me.

Hawaii is so relaxing. I don’t want to leave.

Now Beto is in play. It’s definitely a very full ticket.

There's a piano upstairs that plays music almost every night. I really like it. I kind of wish I played piano instead of clarinet as a child.

Alexander McCall Smith has started a new series, about a Swedish detective. The full-length book isn’t out yet, but a Kindle single is. It seems pretty good. And I won a Susan Mallery book (also not out yet) in a Goodreads giveaway.

So I'm applying to library school. It will take 18 months, starting in October. I felt weird contacting professors from 20 years ago for recommendations. They did write recommendations for me before, back in 2000, for law school. So hopefully they will remember me and be willing to write again. I mentioned what classes I took with them and when, and my honors thesis (one of them was my thesis advisor). So I'm slightly anxious about that (but who knows, maybe they still have the old recommendations on file) and I have to write a personal statement (500 words, and my notes are 154 words). But these are all surmountable problems. I'm mostly excited - a job I won't hate! P.S. Both professors got back to me on the same day. So I was worried about nothing.

I’m not sure how I feel about Bernie running again. I want Amy Klobuchar to win. (As a fun aside, she follows me on Twitter.)

I finished I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella and now I have nothing good to read :(

The food at thanksgiving was really good. My sister brought puff pastry tarts with Brie and jam. I also had root vegetables and potato salad (vinaigrette dressing instead of mayonnaise).

I’m reading Michelle Obama’s book. Slow start, but now it’s engaging.

I always have an urge to skip Thanksgiving. My son is really excited though.

My hairdresser’s daughter goes to college in New York and lives at home. I want Zoe to do the same thing. She agreed to go to college in New York, but she wants to see if her roommate is nice first.

I tweeted about Sisters on Netflix and one of the actresses retweeted it. I feel famous now :)

My skin seems to think I’m a teenager. I keep getting pimples.

The kids started school today. It feels a little strange.

Just finished Anne Tyler’s new novel. So good.

I just finished The Last Cruise by Kate Christensen. It was well-written, but it had one of those strange endings where you couldn't tell if they died or not. Also, I never want to take a cruise again.

Trump supporters are SO STUPID. It's not even subtle.

I just finished Elin Hilderbrand's new book, The Perfect Couple. The title actually had nothing to do with the story, it was basically a murder mystery. There was an ongoing theme about things and people not being what they seemed. As usual, her characters had great names - Siobhan Crispin (a caterer), Merritt Monaco (an Instagram influencer), and Featherleigh Dale (British antique seller). The ending was a little sad. But overall I loved it. Fortunately she has another book coming out in October.