calissa

I've got a post coalescing in the back of my mind regarding place spirits. While I work on getting that clear I just wanted to do a quick update.

My health has been going a lot better since I started taking the antihistamines. I'm guessing that since I've been pretty much fine since I've been on them that I either have hay fever or an allergy to something. That'll teach me to laugh at the doctor's suggestion.

Having fully recovered, I went back to my swimming lessons last week. The teacher has been very impressed with how I've been going and has been looking for ways to make the class more challenging for me. Today he got me to tread water using only my feet. I managed twice as long as the other two (rather muscle-bound) students did and they got to use their hands.

On Wednesday night I went out with Andrea and some other friends to see the Avengers. It was a special session ran by the local comic book store and it featured a costume competition. There were some very impressive entrants. It was also a fantastic way to see the movie--the audience was polite and very enthusiastic. I love it when the audience is so into a movie that they'll actually applaud. Andrea seemed to enjoy herself as well.

I'll see her again this coming Wednesday. It would have been Jimmy's birthday and so she's planning a celebration. A number of his friends have been asked over for dinner and she'll be cooking a number of his favourite dishes. She's a wonderful cook and I know it will be a great night filled with lots of laughter, even if there is an undertone of melancholy.

My readathon efforts made a great impact on Mt TBR, even if my lack of willpower threatens to undermine the progress. I thought the like-minded souls here might like to see the graph I keep. The vertical axis represents number of books and the horizontal axis represents what week of the year it is. The red line represents this year (as you can see).