I have bookcases!

Finally, I got around to getting someone to build bookcases in my front room like I've wanted since I moved in three years ago. They look really cool. They've only been finished since yesterday, so I haven't put any books on them yet (I want to let the paint get good and dry), but still - I HAVE BOOKCASES! I'm so ready to have my books spread out on shelves where I can see them and pick them up and reread bits of them. And maybe I won't accidentally buy multiple copies of things when I can actually see what I have.

Now to find a comfy chair to go in there, and maybe a lamp. Oh, and this means I have to move the Christmas tree. It's folded up in the box, but I haven't had anywhere to put the box, so it's just been sitting there in that room.

Oh, and I just finished reading Pillars of the Earth over the weekend. I really liked it. I've always been fascinated by cathedrals since we did a unit on them back in Heritage 22 (a freshman history seminar that was required for all students at Austin College). At that point, I decided my ideal house would be built like a cathedral, somewhere in East Texas. Since then, I've learned about electric bills and decided maybe a cathedral would be too expensive to heat and more importantly to cool in the summer, but I still love the look of them, the symmetry and the huge open spaces. Anyway, I like that the book talked about building cathedrals, and I loved how he connected three generations of families and tied them all together in a way I never would have dreamed of. And I like that the bad guys do get their comeuppance, but not in a way you could have easily predicted from the beginning.

Anyway, I have a fairly early day at work tomorrow, and I'm going to be busy all week, since we'll be captioning March Madness games Thursday through Sunday, so I think I'll try to get some sleep.