Bookstore's Grand Opening!

Even though the bookstore has been open again since the end of May, today was the official grand opening ceremony. The Chamber of Commerce came over and staff and volunteers gathered for pictures, and Lucie and Shelby cut the ribbon with giant scissors haha (I held the tape roll and kept it taught..very important :P). The bookstore had food (cake, cookies, chips..I ate way too much sugar haha) for everyone, there was a musician, and most everything in the store was 50% off. It was busy, but not as busy as our winter sales, which was fine..we just want everyone to have fun! We made a little over $2000, nice! The sale continues tomorrow as well..it might be busier since it's a Saturday and people have work/school off. Yay, more cake and books for everyone :D

I imagine the pictures of the ribbon cutting ceremony will be online at some point, but here are some pics of me and Bill!

CAKE!!!


LOL


We are ready! (I look so short next to Bill haha)

On Wednesday me and mom and Ryan and Jo went to a Jamaican restaurant we hadn't been to before, and it was INSANELY hot, like 80 or 90 degrees in there! One of my meds makes me sensitive to heat, so while waiting for the food I started feeling very, very odd..I was thirsty, started feeling dizzy and nauseous and shaky, and eventually had to go outside..I was worried I would pass out (it felt the same way when I passed out at Chena Hot Springs from being overheated). I didn't, but still felt weird, even after drinking juice and being somewhere cooler. The food wasn't even that good, which was disappointing for everyone. None of us want to go back. Someone thought of going to Costco to get pizza and ice cream, so we did that. I was still feeling weak and weird, but thought eating something cold would help. After eating everyone was looking at a table, and I started feeling VERY unwell. I told mom to come to the bathroom with me..she said I looked very pale, and took me home after that. Yesterday morning I woke up still feeling shaky, so I took the day off work so I could rest..ugh, no fun! (And this was right after me thinking "wow, I haven't taken a day off work in a long time! Universe, PLEASE stop making me feel sick, if I have those kind of thoughts!) Thankfully this morning I felt better, though tired. I hope that doesn't happen again!!

There is a guy on Patreon/Facebook who has been making a film adaptation of The Worst Journey in the world for the past five years!! How did I miss that until now?? The pictures of the actors/sledges, etc look so authentic! I got to talking about Mark Gatiss' docudrama with him, and told him I couldn't find it anymore, so he sent me an email with the link so I could download it to my computer!! (He got the link from Sarah, who's making the graphic novel version of Worst Journey.) I really missed watching it, and now I can whenever, yay!! That made me SO happy. :D Vicki's been in California taking care of her sick mom, but she wants to watch it with me when she comes back. I can't wait, I know she'll love it! I can't wait to watch the film adaptation too, I'm so happy people still care about Cherry and the sacrifice and friendship of the expedition <3

Abby didn't really care about chasing lasers, but Curti LOVES it. He even knows the thing in my hand is what produces the red dot, and was looking at it like "why'd you turn it off??" when I stopped playing. He is such a smart kitty!

( aug 16-22 )