Yesterday, I got up at 5.45 am today to get to work. Husband was still sleeping and I fervently wished I was to but alas, duty called!
I put on my favorite new skirt, filled with chinese prints and flowers and tried on a new perfume sample: Red Aoud by Montale. It turned out to be a surprise: too soft and warm and cosy for an aoud, but with a special spiciness. I think I may have to buy it eventually. Just not now I'm afraid; I'm trying to save money for a trip in October with hubby. Dublin! Can you imagine it? I'll get to walk the same streets MacKayla and Barrons walked (if only I manage to gather money for the tickets until then!).
On the plus side, I did get a new perfume today: my Blue Sugar by Aqualina arrived in the post today. For 14$ the 1.7 oz bottle this was a steal! I'm so happy:)
So, with my favorite skirt and lovely Red Aoud, I drove an hour to get to work, listening to the Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson. I'm so disappointed books 2 and 3 are not available as audiobooks! I wonder at who's making these stupid decisions, since 4 and 5 ARE available. It doesn't make any sense, right? Well, I finally arrived at work. The good thing is that anyone that counts is on vacation, so things are pretty cool here. I surfed in my favorite book sites, my perfume sites and then got to work. Work involves sitting in a desk for many hours a day, in an office where the air condition either freezes us to death or doesn't work at all. Thank god, yesterday was a good day: the AC didn't work, but there was a draft between our office and the one across the corridor that helped us keep cool. The one positive side of my work, is that I work in a place with tons of men. And I mean TONS. And they're uniformed to boot! Are you envying me already?
Well, you shouldn't. I discovered by first hand experience, that the myth about uniformed men is that: a myth. They have love handles, beer bellies and few hair on their head but pretty much everywhere else, just like everyone else. I would be a very disappointed young woman had I been single and in search of a man, but since I'm happily married I guess I shouldn't be bothered. A lot. But at least there is the occasional hot stud/eye candy to make my day. And one thing is for certain: they do have nice manners and know how to treat a lady:)
At 3.00 pm, it was time to go home. This time I listened to Fahreneit 451 by Ray Bradbury while driving. "It was a pleasure to burn" is a phrase I've known even before I picked this book; I guess it was high time I read the rest of it as well.
A swim at the sea in the afternoon is a great relaxant I've discovered lately. I don't know what I'd do without them. And finally my favorite time of day: a couple of hours of reading! Of course trying to read 2 books at the same time is not as easy as I hoped. At least both books look good, though it's too soon to tell. I'm trying to juggle "The Red and the Black" by Stendhal and "The cemetery of Prague" by Umberto Eco at the same time. Surprisingly, they're of the same style, something I didn't expect when I picked them up, in that they are both written with a dry, sarcastic sense of humor; my favorite kind. I hope they don't let me up.
Lights out.
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