Highlights: Spent a day with Blake, was introduced to an amazing used bookstore, met his mom, watched Lord of the Rings, and relaxed!
Current book(s): same
Current mood: thoughtful
Details:
After getting to know Blake for three months on the phone, it is nice to finally spend some proper time with him. I met his mom yesterday. She's a firecracker. Blake has told me many times I remind him of her "in all the non-creepy ways", so it was nice to meet her. We had lunch together at The Cricket and Company- I was told their biscuits and sausage gravy are to die for- I'm not dead, but my arteries may be slightly more clogged than they were. We discussed the merits or lack thereof of a variety of books, and she was knitting wool socks the entire time. My kind of woman. Blake has a garden in his front yard and he grows tomatoes, peaches, lemons, and cotton among other things. Yes. Cotton. His mom picks it, seeds it, spins it, and makes things with it.
After lunch Blake showed me around Sacramento a bit, which included his taking me to a used bookstore larger than some chain retail bookstores. I bought four books. They have the publication of Shakespeare's plays that I like, so I will be returning with a list of the plays I still need to fill out my collection.
Last night we watched The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers with his sister. She's a character. She'll be helping me with food preparations for Bilbo's birthday party on Tuesday, and has strict orders from Blake not to put any ranch dressing or sour cream in the mashed potatoes. :o)
And mom, I know it's Bilbo's birthday because "Bilbo and Frodo happened to have the same birthday, September 22nd." (The Fellowship of the Ring, pg 42 in my copy)
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