Life and books
Hmmm... is there any life?
Oh, yeah! I forgot to report this - annoying cousin is homeless again - not sure she even made it a full month in the new place. Her cat is with someone else - I said no. I also said no to letting her sleep on my porch one night - I mean, come on - if she's on the porch, she may as well come in and sleep on the couch again and then I'd have to kick her out again. I did drive her places a couple of times since she has no car and the person she's been mooching off of is getting tired of her and turns off her cell phone so cousin can't get through. So, once, before she was evicted, I went to the bar where she hangs out (she goes for karaoake and who knows what else, but she doesn't seem to drink) and drove her home. At that point, her power was turned off and she said she had the money to pay to get it back on, but didn't have a way to the store where she would pay. So I said I'd come over the next day and take her. Went over - no one home. A couple of weeks later, she called from the hospital needing a ride (probably there trying to get her medications), so I went and got her, took her to a gas station where she could get some cigarettes; then she was going to walk next door to the Waffle House and sit there. She had a huge tale of woe, but I found it hard to believe - and just don't care anymore. Also called a different cousin to warn her that annoying cousin might try to hit her up again. {Sigh} I wish she could get a place and settle, but she seems to deliberately sabotage herself. Not my problem. And she got both of her checks at the end of the month, so she's not destitute.
Apparently my disability is supposed to start coming out on the 16th of the month. Goofy me forgot to ask what the monthly amount will be or if the first check will be the backdated amount. May have to either call again or go up to the SocSec office. Otherwise things are as usual here :)
June books
Nonfiction:
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Frequently Asked Questions by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
Teen:
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Science fiction/fantasy:
Ice, Iron and Gold by S.M. Stirling
Ombria In Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip
Death's Head: Maximum Offense by David Gunn
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro
The Marriage Spell by Mary Jo Putney
Mystery/thriller:
The 6 Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly
Nothing To Lose by Lee Child
The First Patient by Michael Palmer
Blood Trail by C.J. Box
Obedience by Will Lavender
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Southern Fatality by T. Lynn Ocean
Black Widow by Randy Wayne White
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
The Sacred Bones by Michael Byrnes
Perdition House by Kathryn R. Wall
The Appeal by John Grisham
Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
Infected by Scott Sigler
Out of Reach by Patricia Lewin
Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
Black Out by Lisa Unger
Best book: Infected by Scott Sigler
So I finished the 100 Books Challenge :) and am up to 118 for the year so far.
Oh, yeah! I forgot to report this - annoying cousin is homeless again - not sure she even made it a full month in the new place. Her cat is with someone else - I said no. I also said no to letting her sleep on my porch one night - I mean, come on - if she's on the porch, she may as well come in and sleep on the couch again and then I'd have to kick her out again. I did drive her places a couple of times since she has no car and the person she's been mooching off of is getting tired of her and turns off her cell phone so cousin can't get through. So, once, before she was evicted, I went to the bar where she hangs out (she goes for karaoake and who knows what else, but she doesn't seem to drink) and drove her home. At that point, her power was turned off and she said she had the money to pay to get it back on, but didn't have a way to the store where she would pay. So I said I'd come over the next day and take her. Went over - no one home. A couple of weeks later, she called from the hospital needing a ride (probably there trying to get her medications), so I went and got her, took her to a gas station where she could get some cigarettes; then she was going to walk next door to the Waffle House and sit there. She had a huge tale of woe, but I found it hard to believe - and just don't care anymore. Also called a different cousin to warn her that annoying cousin might try to hit her up again. {Sigh} I wish she could get a place and settle, but she seems to deliberately sabotage herself. Not my problem. And she got both of her checks at the end of the month, so she's not destitute.
Apparently my disability is supposed to start coming out on the 16th of the month. Goofy me forgot to ask what the monthly amount will be or if the first check will be the backdated amount. May have to either call again or go up to the SocSec office. Otherwise things are as usual here :)
June books
Nonfiction:
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Frequently Asked Questions by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
Teen:
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Science fiction/fantasy:
Ice, Iron and Gold by S.M. Stirling
Ombria In Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip
Death's Head: Maximum Offense by David Gunn
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro
The Marriage Spell by Mary Jo Putney
Mystery/thriller:
The 6 Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly
Nothing To Lose by Lee Child
The First Patient by Michael Palmer
Blood Trail by C.J. Box
Obedience by Will Lavender
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Southern Fatality by T. Lynn Ocean
Black Widow by Randy Wayne White
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
The Sacred Bones by Michael Byrnes
Perdition House by Kathryn R. Wall
The Appeal by John Grisham
Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
Infected by Scott Sigler
Out of Reach by Patricia Lewin
Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
Black Out by Lisa Unger
Best book: Infected by Scott Sigler
So I finished the 100 Books Challenge :) and am up to 118 for the year so far.