routine.
while today ended up being a pretty slow day, it was enjoyable. i have two highlights. the first was around 4 when i had nothing to do, so i did what i do when i'm bored - i went to barnes & noble.
it's relaxing for me to wander around our lovely huge bookstore, and take in all the books. i love seeing new ones that i would probably love, and old classics that i already do. i have a routine when i go there. i start downstairs in the new hardcover books that are right near the entrance. i then move to the new fiction books, located right behind my first stop. today i found four books that i would be interested in reading, however, since they were new and still only in hardcover, they were a little out of my waining budget. i then glance at the new non-fiction books, and on to the paperback best sellers of both fiction and non. next are the more "special" books of interest as deemed by someone in the barnes & noble corporation. after this today i headed to the music and dvd section. which reminds me that i need to tell my mom that they have twister for $14. she's been looking for it. up next is the part of my journey through the store that is most routine. i go up the escalator and turn left. always left. the only time i go right is if i've already done my usual routine upstairs and what i want or who i'm looking for is closer if i go right, or if i'm short on time and i don't have my leisure time. so, i turn left, glance at the teen fiction (sometimes there's something good), and hit more new fiction books. today i made sure to steer clear of the "required school reading table." i cringed at the thought (really, i did). i didn't feel like wandering up and down every aisle in the fiction section today so i just meandered my way through, stopping to look at only a few books before moving on. i always look at the tables that they have set up along the railing, to see if there's anything new or interesting that i may want to see. there usually isn't, but i always check. then i make my way past mystery, and the various religions. today i giggled at the women looking in the astrology section holding some book of astrology and love thing. i've yet to resort to that. i then checked the tables between that fateful astrology section and history. i noted a few books that i have already read and enjoyed but found nothing new. on my way to the women's studies and biography sections i noticed a women's studies profile on the side of one of the history aisles. there they had a book on american women with what i'd like to assume is all women of some note beginning with those women who came across the seas from europe. i hope they have things about ALL women, and not just those who came from europe, but those from africa, and the native women here. maybe if i get it i'll see. i moved on and hit the rest of the women's studies section, looked at a book in biographies about the women of windsor castle (ah, the british monarchy, what more could a country ask for. wait...), and finished out the upstairs giggling at a motley crue book and doing a little overlapping on my way to the down escalator. usually from there i go and look at the discount books and journals, but seeing as i really don't need to be purchasing any more journals at the moment i didn't even venture over. (the one i recently began writing in is large, and i think it will take me some time to get through. plus i have two or three blank ones still at home.) so, i wrote down the four books i first took note of and glanced at the magazines, and left. i've missed being close to barnes & noble so i can do this sort of thing. i suppose that a borders would even do, but i prefer barnes & noble.
the second highlight of my day was when i went to the mound elementary school spring choir program. no, i don't just show up at those things because i heard about them on the radio (i'm not even sure that a local station would mention it actually), but my little sister was performing and it was her final performance at the school for her elementary career, so i felt it important to attend. oh, and when i say little sister, i mean that sarah is the closest thing to a little sister that i have. she is a totally awesome 11 year old who i babysit during the summers with her 9 year old brother justin. we call it "camp corrie." i think i'm going to make t-shirts for it this summer. but anyways, back to the concert. those 67 4th and 5th graders are awesome. seriously. i saw them at christmas time too, and i was surprised at how good they were, and knew i wouldn't be disappointed this time. plus, i knew sarah would really like it. sarah was funny, because she's in this stage where she cares a little too much what others think, and spent a fair amount of her time up there chatting with her friend alyssa (when they weren't singing of course), and not smiling when everyone else was. and no matter how much i love her i think that my favorite girl was the small blonde one in the front row. she had a typical outfit like everyone else, a black skirt and a white dress top, but she also had her glasses (which i'm sure she wears every day but just added to the next part) and her black chuck taylors. yep, instead of wearing dress shoes like all of the other girls, she had a pair of chucks on. it gave me a good little laugh.
well, that was my day. it was good for me. tomorrow i work my first real shift (sort of) out at the stand in somis. hope i can remember all of the prices. (ha! not on my first day.)
...
- corrie
it's relaxing for me to wander around our lovely huge bookstore, and take in all the books. i love seeing new ones that i would probably love, and old classics that i already do. i have a routine when i go there. i start downstairs in the new hardcover books that are right near the entrance. i then move to the new fiction books, located right behind my first stop. today i found four books that i would be interested in reading, however, since they were new and still only in hardcover, they were a little out of my waining budget. i then glance at the new non-fiction books, and on to the paperback best sellers of both fiction and non. next are the more "special" books of interest as deemed by someone in the barnes & noble corporation. after this today i headed to the music and dvd section. which reminds me that i need to tell my mom that they have twister for $14. she's been looking for it. up next is the part of my journey through the store that is most routine. i go up the escalator and turn left. always left. the only time i go right is if i've already done my usual routine upstairs and what i want or who i'm looking for is closer if i go right, or if i'm short on time and i don't have my leisure time. so, i turn left, glance at the teen fiction (sometimes there's something good), and hit more new fiction books. today i made sure to steer clear of the "required school reading table." i cringed at the thought (really, i did). i didn't feel like wandering up and down every aisle in the fiction section today so i just meandered my way through, stopping to look at only a few books before moving on. i always look at the tables that they have set up along the railing, to see if there's anything new or interesting that i may want to see. there usually isn't, but i always check. then i make my way past mystery, and the various religions. today i giggled at the women looking in the astrology section holding some book of astrology and love thing. i've yet to resort to that. i then checked the tables between that fateful astrology section and history. i noted a few books that i have already read and enjoyed but found nothing new. on my way to the women's studies and biography sections i noticed a women's studies profile on the side of one of the history aisles. there they had a book on american women with what i'd like to assume is all women of some note beginning with those women who came across the seas from europe. i hope they have things about ALL women, and not just those who came from europe, but those from africa, and the native women here. maybe if i get it i'll see. i moved on and hit the rest of the women's studies section, looked at a book in biographies about the women of windsor castle (ah, the british monarchy, what more could a country ask for. wait...), and finished out the upstairs giggling at a motley crue book and doing a little overlapping on my way to the down escalator. usually from there i go and look at the discount books and journals, but seeing as i really don't need to be purchasing any more journals at the moment i didn't even venture over. (the one i recently began writing in is large, and i think it will take me some time to get through. plus i have two or three blank ones still at home.) so, i wrote down the four books i first took note of and glanced at the magazines, and left. i've missed being close to barnes & noble so i can do this sort of thing. i suppose that a borders would even do, but i prefer barnes & noble.
the second highlight of my day was when i went to the mound elementary school spring choir program. no, i don't just show up at those things because i heard about them on the radio (i'm not even sure that a local station would mention it actually), but my little sister was performing and it was her final performance at the school for her elementary career, so i felt it important to attend. oh, and when i say little sister, i mean that sarah is the closest thing to a little sister that i have. she is a totally awesome 11 year old who i babysit during the summers with her 9 year old brother justin. we call it "camp corrie." i think i'm going to make t-shirts for it this summer. but anyways, back to the concert. those 67 4th and 5th graders are awesome. seriously. i saw them at christmas time too, and i was surprised at how good they were, and knew i wouldn't be disappointed this time. plus, i knew sarah would really like it. sarah was funny, because she's in this stage where she cares a little too much what others think, and spent a fair amount of her time up there chatting with her friend alyssa (when they weren't singing of course), and not smiling when everyone else was. and no matter how much i love her i think that my favorite girl was the small blonde one in the front row. she had a typical outfit like everyone else, a black skirt and a white dress top, but she also had her glasses (which i'm sure she wears every day but just added to the next part) and her black chuck taylors. yep, instead of wearing dress shoes like all of the other girls, she had a pair of chucks on. it gave me a good little laugh.
well, that was my day. it was good for me. tomorrow i work my first real shift (sort of) out at the stand in somis. hope i can remember all of the prices. (ha! not on my first day.)
...
- corrie
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