Catching Up

I've been back for a week and just now feel like I'm getting caught up and back in the swing of things.

Highlights from my little trip:
*eating funnel cake as it was getting dark in the "beer corral" at the fair - it was Batman's first funnel cake ever, he now acknowledges is superiority to the nasty fried dough
*riding a carnival ride with Batman, it spun a bit and went up high; it is super expensive now though ($10 for both of use to ride once I think)
*going for a mid-morning swim and then taking a small nap on the beach
*coming back to the house at nite and seeing a yard/sky full of fireflies
*hanging out and talking to the owner of a local bar, he is very interesting
*finding fruit in the middle of all of the non-vegan and/or fried food

I didn't get much studying done. I did read a few books. A Walk in the Woods (very good), Water for Elephants (also very good) and started The Historian (a bit predictable but still good). It was so much nicer to lounge and read than to sit at a table and study :) I love to read and didn't do much for a few years, so it is great to be back at it. Most of the time I only read on the subway, but I can still finish a book fairly quickly during travel time to/from work and to/from Batman's place.

Oh, and I knit! A whole 4 rows on a grey sweater I'm knitting myself. Then I needed another ball of yarn and a stitchholder to split for the v-neck or something. I didn't bring anything extra (just my ball of yarn and the instructions, not even my little notions bag) so I had to put that aside. I probably could have finished the piece (front?/back?/not sure which) on working on
if I'd had the stuff with me.

I've mostly been working and studying since I got back. I'm so ready for August to be over, it is a bit too hot and humid for me outside and inside is way too cold everywhere. Oh, Batman and I went to TJ Scalleywaggle's for lunch on Saturday. I got a veggie calzone and he got a meetbahl sub. Both were very good. I love the food there!