I almost didn’t write what I was into this month (erm…last month. It’s totally still August in my head). I didn’t try many new recipes. I didn’t watch any movies. I barely even watched TV, although I will give a mention to Pushing Daisies, which you should really see, even though it was only two seasons, because those two seasons were awesome, as I re-watched a couple of episodes of that one night.
I’m not sure I’m really into it or would suggest it to anyone sane, but what I’ve been doing this month is writing a manual for front desk operations at the residence hall where I work while also trying to open said residence hall for the year and start the classes I’m teaching this semester.
I’m otherwise into sitting down and staring into space because it’s too hot to do anything else, except maybe eat snow cones. Because August.
I’m really into sandwiches this month. Sandwiches are delicious, and making them doesn’t heat up the apartment. I have renewed my love affair with pastrami on rye.
It was Michelle month. I ventured out of the house mid-month to go see Rupert-Michelle, and we went to Argentina Bakery, where I had the adorable macchiato and empanada you see pictured above. I also kept China-Michelle company the night before she flew back, and we found a great Italian restaurant with (more importantly) a great wine selection just a few miles from the hotel.
I also read some things that I really liked:
1. I re-read The Little Prince. The conversation with the fox is still my favorite part.
2. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, which I found frustrating at times but liked overall.
3. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown, which was exactly what I needed to read before starting a new semester.
4. Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris, which was a lot of fun.
And I started reading And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, which I love. Having not even made it halfway through yet, I know that this is my must-read, go-out-and-buy-this-book-immediately, take-a-day-off-work-to-finish-it recommendation this month.
What are you into this month (besides air conditioning – oh, sweet, glorious air conditioning!)? If you want more suggestions, lots of folks (and I) are linking up over at Leigh Kramer’s blog – go check it out!
M. Suzanne Terry 
I keep wondering what people did for all those years before there was air conditioning. It was the vast majority of human history, right? I bet it made trees more important for shade. Maybe that’s why so much our population is close to water. Makes me want to take an afternoon nap just thinking about it.
It makes me yearn to be near the water. With a mai tai. Possibly a cabana boy.
I loved Pushing Daisies! I was so sad when it was canceled. I really enjoyed Me Before You. It wasn’t perfect but it was thought provoking and unputdownable for me.
I think it handled the subject of physician-assisted suicide pretty well. I didn’t like many of the characters very much, so sometimes it was hard to empathize with them. I liked the main two just fine, though, so it wasn’t hard to finish.
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