Retreat, Retreat
It will be New Years Day and it will be 39 degrees and I have organised a beach party for that night so see Facebook if you desire to come.
I always wanted to go to a country where the locals dance on the beach at night in a fiesta-like fashion. This desire came to me after reading 'Fiesta - The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway. Out of all of his books it is the only one that really struck me which is not to say I did not enjoy his other books. But 'Fiesta' took me somewhere else and is partly the reason why I walked into a travel agent when I was 18 and booked a trip to Europe specifically wanting to see Spain. There were other reasons for booking that trip but that was one of them.
Every Christmas my friend Sarah buys me a book and each book she chooses for me is perfect. 'Fiesta' was the first book she recommended me... I can't remember whether she gave it to me or if I bought it from her recommendation. In any case I don't own any of my favourite books because I inevitably lend them to friends who either don't give them back or lend them to their friends but at least they are being shared. Like Addie said last night, I only own books I sort-of like or haven't read. I think the first book Sarah bought me was 'The Bride Stripped Bare', anonymous, and I read it when I was 18 on a beach somewhere during a very difficult time in my life and it healed me. The beach and the book and the gesture from a friend. A book given to me from a friend makes me happier than many other things.
Right now I desire a combination of sleep and readiness and I think I will read a book for a while. What are you reading? Last night at Emma's house Adelaide made an amazing vegan Sheppard’s Pie and the point is I asked their brother what he was reading and now I am curious about medical conditions. I am googling all kinds of surgeries and procedures and cures and symptoms and it doesn't gross me out like watching Medical Emergencies on television does. And if I were not a journalist I would wish to be a doctor and part of me wants to study medicine but that dream should be squashed and nearly is.
What was the last thing you squashed?