How does this happen? I went into Whole Foods to get Arthur-O's and hamburger buns for chicken patties, and I walked out befuddled and less $50. Some things were clearly beneficial purchases, like the fresh green beans for dinner (thanks, C!) and the small container of mixed fruit. Others, like the two chocolate chip cookies for S, and the twice-baked potatoes (don't ask) were completely unecessary. We have plenty of lovely frozen potato product we could have eaten with the chicken patties, and if you really want to know how many boxes of Girl Scout Cookies S has, I'll go count. But my ballpark guess is no less than 10. And he has hardly been eating them, what with the chocolate bars, Ben and Jerry's and now the cookies I've bought. Maybe I should begin a GSC force-feeding program.
Anyhow, I spent my day feeling productive. I got my confirmation for my (unpaid) internship this summer, I paid my health insurance, sent a movie back to Netflix (35 Up), balanced my checkbook, went to Borders to pick up two books, walked for 10 minutes more than normal, and of course, ran to Whole Foods. And I did a load of towels. The unfortunate side affect of all this productivity is that now, at four in the afternoon, I feel like doing a whole lotta nothing. And I have homework I really should be doing. (Although, on the plus side, I'm way ahead of where I normally am by this point in the week. It's kind of sick, and it worries me. I'm probably forgetting something.) In fact, all I really want to do is finish the Stephanie Plum series--but not really, because I then have to wait, like everyone else, for number eleven. To come out in paperback. There's really no way in hell I'm buying it in hardcover, so I've got a year and three months left in that wait.
As for Stephanie Plum, I'd just like to say, for all you readers of Evanovich, do you not think she needs to end up with Morelli? Yeah, yeah, Ranger's hot and mysterious, but Morelli is hot and comfortable, which is so, so much better. In fact, I will have a personal vendetta with Evanovich if she doesn't have Plum end up with Morelli. VENDETTA! I will be angry. Of course, Evanovich has simply set herself up for a fall, because I suspect that about half of her readers feel like me, and want Stephanie and Joe to ride off into the sunset. And I bet the other half will be spitting fire if she doesn't end up bunking down for life with Ranger. So either way, Evanovich can't win. But I'm just saying, for her good, that it better be Morelli. Why do I get myself involved in series? It's torture. (Although, at least with romance series, you know that two people will end up happily in lust and love by the end of the book. With mystery, it's a crapshoot.)
And my plant is dying. The black thumb strikes again!
My theory is that Evanovich is going to bring a third guy into the mix, send Stephanie off with him, and piss everyone off.
Posted by: Kelly | April 27, 2005 at 07:14 AM