There are Days ...

..when nothing seems to go right... like when good things you have looked forward to have disappointing glitches...This was one of those days ...

My volume 3 Photo-book of France was delivered today! I had been anxiously awaiting its arrival...looking forward to the moment...I had made a very special effort this time to ensure that there would not be a single typo in the entire book - I have been really frustrated in the past, because there has always been at least one, no matter how hard I tried. This time, I was confident that it would be absolutely perfect..NOT. I didn't find one typo - I found 6! 

It was also "haircut with highlights" day..and I was really looking forward to that too. I had the cut-that-didn't-work last time and had high hopes for this one..and visions of glamour with the added "highlights"... Not. The highlights were more like low lights...not glamorous...and not at all what I expected. 

And then the pièce de résistance...the Great Book Club Fiasco.......first, there was a problem with the zoom set up for our friend in Nova Scotia which meant that we lost 10 minutes of the already too short 40-minute session zoom allows us. However, we still had a good (30 minute) zoom conversation about the book (Greenwood, by Michael Christie) which by the way, everyone liked. Our after-zoom discussion and social chat for the rest of us went well, but just as I was ready to put our dinner in the oven, there was a loud bang and the power went out!  Geez,.. give me a break...We called the power company and yes the power would be out in our neighbourhood until 9PM. We considered take-out, but decided to just open another bottle of wine and keep pigging out on the snacks instead. 

The day wasn't a total loss... there was one good (and glitch-less) thing that happened ...Sandy informed us about the 2023 Book Drunkard Literary Festival  taking place in a nearby town from now until early November that definitely needs investigation! Author talks, workshops... oooohhh.. Has great possibilities.. and a new term for us book fanatics...we are Book Drunkards! 

"I am simply a Book Drunkard. Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has its devotee.I cannot withstand them" 
(Lucy Maude Montgomery, Canadian author)