A relatively slow and easy day at work. Returns were light, though having been heavy all week there is still a lot of back log to shelve. Looking forward to my paid holiday Monday, though I still do have to work Saturday and Sunday.
Ron called Earthlink today and ordered our DSL. They told him the self install kit should arrive in about a week. Not sure when he said the service will be connected. We have a wireless router that David gave us and wireless adapters for two of our three puters (the third will be hardwired) so I think we are ready. Definitely looking forward to having broadband again. Ron decided to refrain from buying the used Macbook this month but I suspect he will end up getting it at some point.
I finished Milk Glass Moon and liked it very much. This is the third in a series of four books about Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney, the pharmacist in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. The plot this time focuses on her daughter, Etta, growing up and moving to Italy to marry her childhood crush. As with the 1st and 4th installments which I’ve previously read, I really enjoyed the narrator’s observations and asides as she relates her tale and am impressed with Trigiani’s grasp of the complexities of emotions and her ability to fully portray them. Several interesting sub-plots round out the tale, including Etta and her classmates ordering a ton of coal delivered to the home of a teacher who has a gas furnace, best-friend Iva Lou being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy and Ave Maria visiting Theodore in New York City. Now I will just have to be on the lookout for Big Cherry Holler so that I can complete the series. Recommended.
