Happenings// Getting ready to head out of town tomorrow for a sort of, but not really, vacation. The hubs has a week of job training, and I’m going to stay in the hotel and diligently write my thesis.
Baking// blueberry and peach cobbler. And it turned out great! I used Ree Drummond’s blackberry cobbler recipe, and experimented with the fruits and spices. And I nailed it! Made me think of my grandmother and how she used to make it for me, and I think she’d have liked my version, too!
Watching// Ant-Man. This was a lot of fun! I’ve been a fan of Paul Rudd for 20 years (GAH!) and enjoyed his performance. I’m a big fan of whatever Marvel releases, so it’s no surprise that I had a good time. If you haven’t gotten a chance to see it yet, heads up: wait until the very end of the credits.
Reading// This week I finished The Martian and The Restaurant at the End of the University (Hitchhiker’s Guide #2) and made some headway on The Planets. Does anyone sense a theme?
Loving// SPACE. My increased free time has allowed me to go retro-nerd and revive my love for space. It’s been a blast keep up with all the Pluto news! My solar system still has nine planets, take that NASA!
Anticipating (sort of)// the release of the next Millennium novel, The Girl in the Spider’s Web. I really enjoyed what I thought was a trilogy, and I felt that the conclusion of the The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest was very natural. It wasn’t until later that I discovered that Stieg Larsson had plans for a total of ten books. I’m very concerned about this new writer taking up the mantle and continuing the series, but, it’s averaging four stars on Goodreads so far. It’s due for release in September, so I don’ have to wait long to find out for myself!
How was your week, readers?
Yay Pluto! I’ve been loving every minute of the NASA coverage. Enjoy the mini-vacation and good luck on that thesis!
I don’t know if you’ve covered this in another post or your About Me, but what’s your thesis on? Master’s? PhD? 🙂
Best of luck with it, and YAY SPACE.
I’m not sure I’ve actually talked much about my topic. I’m working on an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, and my thesis is a survey study that examines the relationship between the attitudes older adults have about their age and self-reported health-related quality of life. My research interests revolve around health psychology/behavioral medicine in adults 65 and older.
I want to see Ant-Man too, maybe this weekend, we’ll see. I know I’ll probably be skipping the next “Stieg Larsson.” I don’t know but I’ve never been into other authors continuing a series for a deceased author: Robert B. Parker, Robert Ludlum come to mind. I doubt I’ll start now, but I’ll still be interested to hear what you think when you get to the next one.
I’m going to try and approach the book with as little bias as possible, but I just read something in the last day or two about the in-fighting between Larsson’s long-term girlfriend and his family, which makes me even more concerned.
I’m still catching up from being out of town, but I love that you’ve gone ALL IN on space-related things! I have to admit my husband and I were pretty bummed that we missed a launch from Wallops Island by about a week when we were in the area, but we did get to see a very out of date visitors center – woo!
I’m not going to say that I watched Ant Man mostly because of my crush on Paul Rudd from Clueless, but…
If you did, you would be in good company! 😉