misc

This weekend, I . . .

• learned that Carter loves to swim, but hates baths
  
• had my car get sideswiped by a deer
  
• ate nearly half a dozen muffins in one sitting, proving to myself yet again that I have no restraint and need to get things in smaller quantities
  
• had a tick try to attach itself to me for the first time (it failed, I found it before it got hooked in, although I still don't know how it got in my shirt)
  
• wore a new summery dress (strapless and about knee-length) without being freezing cold
  
• had a nice family group-hug with Ben and Carter
  
• managed to do 8 wrist curls (flexor side) with a 3-lb weight without increased pain
  
• ate nearly 2500 calories in a single day without realizing that I was doing so (I felt like it had been a pretty healthy day! That just goes to show the damage a 500-cal bowl of ice cream can do). For the record this was not the same day that I ate all those muffins.
  
• pre-ordered Lynn Flewelling's new book and Jacqueline Carey's new book, plus the paperback editions of Sarah Monette's "The Mirador" and "A Companion to Wolves,"
  
• ordered the third book in the gay pirate romance series
  
• spent $40 at Half Price Books and came away with about 15 books, some of which are mint-condition hardcovers