For comfort...

30 Day Book Meme: – Day 15 - Your "comfort" book

It will come as no surprise to anyone to hear that The Game of Kings is my favourite comfort book.

Other comfort books - well, favourite and familiar authors: Robert B. Parker, Tolkien, Dickens, Bujold Charlotte Bronte, X-Men or Daredevil comics. Things like that. Megan Whalen Turner and Karin Lowachee are newcomers to that list.

Monday...

One of those pleasant, busy days.

Morning: I woke up ten minutes before the alarm. Oh, good, said I to myself, I can snooze for ten minutes. Then the alarm went off. Fastest ten minutes ever.

Lynne drove me to the dentist. I told him I hadn't flossed since June because I couldn't reach my mouth, he was all sympathy and said the damage to my gums was visible and I have an appointment next week for plaque removal, etc. The day before my birthday. For years, when I was young, I had dental appointments on my birthday. This is a near miss. But hey, I want to get it over with before going to France.

Dr Barnes explained why I suffer from a dry mouth: it's a side effect of the blood pressure medicine. It causes bacteria to grow in the mouth, so I'm supposed to drink a lot of water, and wash my mouth out with water, on a frequent basis. Nice to have that explained. I'd been wondering what was going on. Xerostomia, it's called.

Met commodorified and fairestcat at Westgate for knitting, coffee, and (as it turned out) some good X-Men talk, and bra-buying. Nice to have someone to discuss X-Men with. Someone who knows who Kitty Pryde and Pete Wisdom are, and why they should be together.

Lunched at the food court: utterly delicious donair.

Then maaseru picked me up in a huge thunderstorm and we went to Kanata for a high-tech assessment session with the chiropractor, Dr. Pope. I like the way he operates. I already know he's good: he fixed my bad back last year. We signed up for treatment and nutritional counselling.

I then went downtown and walked home from Laurier St., shopping at several grocery stores - found tripe at Hartman's, yay! It had long since stopped raining and was pleasant, sunny, and cool. I was tired by the time I got home, but not too tired to figure out how to download the Kobo software to my Blackberry, so now I can read The Game of Kings wherever I go. This really tickles me.

Visited explodedteabag to have a quick look at the Sherlock DVDs that she ordered from England, and just received. Spiffy.

Time to do some serious arm exercises before going to bed.