Everybody lies

posted on Monday, March, 2nd, 2009 in default, reading matter

Yesterday we had the first really nice and sunny spring day this year and, boy, I really can’t wait for winter to be over! I don’t even know what it is this year as usually I don’t mind winter (we even had quite a bit of snow this time, so it actually was a proper winter for once), but I just can’t stand the dark and cold and the general crappiness of the weather anymore. I want spring, I want sun, I want flowers in bloom, birds singing, I want to be able to work in the garden without squishing through ankle-deep mud, I want to be able to let Jenny go for a swim again.

Yesterday was the first glimpse of better times to come. It was so warm and sunny that I could even work in just my t-shirt outside (still squishing through the mud, though). I even saw the first group of wild geese flying north, which for me is a sure sign that spring really is around the corner, no matter what the meteorologists say.

Anyway, I finally got around to cleaning up around our pond, cutting off the old, dried plants and checking for new growth (very sparse so far). Only one of the goldfish died this winter, which is a very good rate. I was especially happy to note that the last 2 of my colorful shubunkins survived. We used to have 6 of them, but they are a bit fragile and apparently even stupider than the normal goldfish, so two of them got snatched by magpies last year, one fell victim to the neighbour’s damn cat and one just up and died for no reason at all. *sigh* Well, I really hope the last 2 have learned their lesson and will make it through this summer, hopefully mating with some of the normal goldfish, so we will get a few more crazily colored ones next year.

Today the weather is already back in crappy mode (meaning: cold and overcast and just plain depressing), but I don’t care much, because of the other good thing that happened last weekend. On Saturday our mailman delivered 8 (!) big envelopes to our door. Poor guy was a bit put out, but I was understandably happy, because they were all for me and they all contained books!

So now almost all the books from the first round of ebay-madness have arrived. Needless to say I have already been back and won another 8 auctions so far.

Is there anything nicer than a whole desk full of new books to read? I can’t think of anything.

But the best thing is that I got all those books, which are almost all in brandnew condition, for only roughly 50 Euros. Had I ordered them from Amazon – even if I had found them relatively cheaply used – it would have cost me at least twice as much, because the shipping for the used books is so expensive.

Anyway, I am more than happy right now. My TBR shelf is packed again. Life is good.