Newt needs a brain

Well, it was one of those weekends that no matter what I did, it was wrong. It was as if the brain took the weekend off and didn't bring me along for the ride. So, pretty much I was a walking dork the entire time.

First: I went to Barnes and Noble on Saturday to get a couple of books. Among other books I wanted to see if they had the Vampire Hunter D series that Sardonic Bomb recommended. So, I looked all over the shelves for the books. Couldn't find them so I asked customer service. The woman looked them up and said they were in stock in SciFi. I said, oh, I must have missed them. So she went over and looked on the shelves. Sure as shit there they were. Like I told her, there were probably right in front of my nose. Yep, they woulda bit me if I had gotten any closer to the shelves. So I grab book 1 and I am in glee! I did notice though that they were out of book 2 but had 3 and 4. Ok, I can order 2 if I like the first one, no biggie. Then, as I am heading to the register I spot the series that my brother recommended. They are the Vllad series by Steven Brust. I grab the first book, Book of Jereg which actually contains the first three novels. Alright, this is AWESOME! off I go. I get home, get a cool drink, sit down in my favorite chair and start to read Vampire Hunter D. Of course I have to read all the stuff in the front and back first. Inside the cover it says: "other books by Hideyuki Kikuchi - Vampire Hunter D #1." Well, what the hell do you mean? Other books ? #1? Damn it. So, sure as shit, I look on the spine of the book which they have conveniently numbered for the series and wouldn't you know it, I have book 2. No wonder they didn't have one on the shelf. It was in my damn hand! Well crap, alright, no biggie. I have that other book to read. So, I get up, and switch the books. Go back to my comfy chair and my drink and sit down to read. And again I look through the front and the back. And even check to make sure that I am indeed reading the first book. Yep, we are good to go. So we begin at the beginning: "Forward by Author" in which he writes: "Most people will tell you to read a book in order of publication date. But if you were to ask my opinion, I would offer that you read them in chronological order which goes as follows:......................." And yes, yes, you already guessed where this one is going. The chronological order actually starts with book 4. Which, I DON'T HAVE! I have 1-3. Because that is the order the publisher said they were in.

So, we went back to the book shelf and picked up a totally unrelated book that is it's own story called The Mercy of Thin Air. And we sat back in our chair and we read and we drank our beverage and it was good.

The next part of my weekend in which I realized that my brain was in a different location than I was came about when we went out to a home remodeling show. The plan was to follow that up with a trip to Trader Joes. We have been so excited about finally having one here in the cities. Good food, good wine, lots of fun. My parents gave me a wine list of stuff to get from there that they liked. I was SOOOO excited. So, we get there, we park, we walk in, and and and and......why is the wine shop dark and locked????? Oh yeah, that would be the blue laws. They CAN'T sell liquor on Sunday. How could I have forgotten that? Well, that just deflated my excitement 100 fold.

Harumph!

Alright, overall it was still a fun weekend. And very relaxing. I just can't quite figure out why the ol' IQ took a nose dive.

Today the hubster and I celebrate 7 years of blissful matrimony. We both have talked about the fact that it doesn't seem like it has been that long. But on the other hand it feels like we have been together our whole lives. It's an odd feeling. "Wow, time flies, it seems like just yesterday we got married." But at the same time, you feel like the person sitting next to you on the couch has been in your life for as long as you have taken a breath on this earth.

We are going to go to our favorite restaurant for dinner. Mama Maria's in Hudson Wisconsin. We can't wait. We got engaged there and we celebrate our anniversary there every year.