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Lazy Sundays: Barbecue Season

Yep, today I’m mostly reading an amazing new ARC I got from Marc Secchia and then I’m attending a family barbecue.  My throat’s all healed up so I’m going to thoroughly enjoy finally being able to eat real food.  And my friend’s barbecued ribs are so delicious you could kill for them.  (I’m not really even exaggerating about that last bit.)

So have a fun Sunday!  What’s your favourite food to eat at a barbecue?

Lazy Sundays: Moving Preparation

As I’ve been hinting at for almost a year, at the end of August I will be moving to the city about four hours away.  It will be my first time ever living in a city so it’s going to be a huge culture shock.  However, the culture shock factor isn’t really troubling me right now.  It’s the actual moving preparations.

I’ve been having to downsize and give away quite a few of my items that I’ve hoarded over the years because I simply won’t have the room in my new apartment.  As you can probably guess, I have what normal people would describe as a huge book problem.  I own well over 300 books in my personal collection and it’s just not feasible to take them all with me at this time.  So, thankfully, my parents are storing them in the family library until I can actually purchase a house in (likely) several years’ time.  It’s kind of depressing to leave the bulk of my ever-present book collection behind but I think I’ll live.

Basically, preparing to move is kind of stressful and in a way I’m a little scared of the big lifestyle change but I’m also very excited.  Like I said last October, I am very, very happy to be getting out of my small town and see a little bit of the world.  Even if I’m still living in the province with the highest crime rates in Canada.  You can’t have everything, after all.

Lazy Sundays: Game of Thrones Withdrawal

Right now I’m between series and there’s nothing to watch on TV because there’s normally nothing to watch on TV but in summer it’s especially bad.  Game of Thrones is done and after talking about it at least once a week for ten weeks the withdrawal feelings are bad.  In addition to that The Walking Dead isn’t back for season six until two days before my birthday (it releases October 11).  And I can’t even content myself with watching re-runs from both series’ season fives because they’re not out on DVD yet.  Normally I’m not overly disappointed with television shows but since I’ve been cooped up in the house for a week I’m getting a little TV-obsessed.  No, it’s not healthy and yes, I need to get out a little more.

In regards to the severe Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms, I’m also very worried about book 6, The Winds of Winter because I know it isn’t coming out this year.  (I believe Martin’s publisher announced something to that effect.)  I really, really hope that Martin does get to finish the series eventually because although the TV show is great, I definitely prefer the books in a lot of ways.

Well, I’m just going to have to deal with my extremely first world problems until February 2016 when the Season 5 DVD comes out.  In the meantime I’m going to work on trying to get outside now that I’m somewhat healed up and maybe start gently working out again.  Maybe I can start the House of Cards TV series, which comes highly recommended from my equally geeky coworker.

How was your Sunday?

Lazy Sundays: A Little Nervous

Tomorrow morning at 8:30am I have to be at the hospital for my tonsillectomy and I must admit that with a little less than 12 hours to go I’m a bit nervous.  Okay, maybe I’m a lot nervous.  Logically, I know everything is almost 100% guaranteed to go just fine and I’ll experience some pain afterward but will statistically be okay.  Emotionally, I can’t help being as nervous as a teenage girl on her first-ever date.  My blood pressure is probably through the roof right now and it doesn’t really help that I’m going to have to start my fast pretty soon.

I’m not really looking forward to going on a forced liquid diet because I really do love good solid food but I think I’ll live.  Having my tonsils out will be a good step toward a better quality of life as I won’t constantly be getting tonsillitis.  I also won’t have the snoring problem that I’ve acquired recently as my tonsils now remain swollen almost constantly.

Like I said I have posts scheduled for pretty much the whole week after my surgery so things will remain pretty constant here on The Mad Reviewer.  I’ll probably do a post when I’m home and feeling up to it so you guys know I’m still alive but other than that things will be pretty routine.

See ya around!

Lazy Sundays: Wildfires

One of the things I’ve never really had to worry about too much in my area of Saskatchewan was wildfires.  For the past few years we’ve had consistent rain and heavy snowfall that prevented these sorts of things from cropping up.  Not this year, however.  This year there was very little snowfall and there’s been even less rain while the temperatures are pushing the mid-30s Celsius.  So there are wildfires all over Saskatchewan, particularly here in the north.

I’m in no danger from the wildfires currently and they are still several hours north of where I am.  The only way these things really affect my life is with the smoke coming down on the wind.  It has settled down all over Saskatchewan and the air quality is very poor, along with the visibility.  My asthma isn’t exactly the best at the moment but I’m making do.

I just hope that the fires don’t do too much damage where they currently are and that the evacuees (some of them are even staying in my community) can return to their homes soon.  A little rain would be nice right now.