Finished!
That's right! I am FINALLY done reading Middlemarch. I've been reading it for just over a month. And the last 100 pages were actually semi-interesting. Of course, it only took the first boring 700 pages to get there.
On Saturday my roomie and I went shopping and made a stop at Wendy's for some lunch. As we were leaving, a mom and her son (who was probably about 5) was coming in. We met up at the door, and the mom leaned down and whispered to her son to hold open the door for these ladies. And he did! It was so cute because he looked a quite confused, but Amanda and I thanked him and then talked about how that was a great mom in the car. We also swooned, of course.
Yesterday when Ellen and I had some great bonding time when we were hanging out in the hospital waiting room for a few hours. To keep ourselves busy we were playing mental hangman. It was a lot of fun, especially when I stumped Ellen on "Book." Of course, she had me stumped on "Chair." haha ... two pinkies up! And there was also this family there that had been in a car accident, and when Ellen was taken into the back for her x-rays and stuff (*realizes she forgot to mention that the reason we were at the hospital was because Ellen broke her thumb during a broomball game*), I passed the time by eavesdropping on their conversation. It made me chuckle a few times because they reminded me of my cousins from West Virginia. The one guy, who had an injured knee, was talking about how he had just been hunting that morning, and he was glad he went before the accident because now he was having trouble walking.
Also when we were in the waiting room, I composed an haiku about our experience there:
Emergency room
we have been waiting long time
not hospitable
And I think that pretty much sums it up.