It’s been a week! I’m enjoying a glass of Merlot tonight. It’s not my go-to red but it’s OK.

New book review coming this week! I actually wrote it last week, but forgot to schedule the publishing, so it will come out Wednesday, I think.

I wish I had more progress in books to share but this was a busy week. By day, I work in Technology consulting, and we have a big project getting ready to launch soon. That means some long days as we get everything as ready as we can for a smooth transition. It means I’m quite tired at the end of the day, so I am reading only a few pages here and there. But! Thursday was one such day, and I took myself out to dinner after work. I thankfully had my iPad with me, and as I sat at the bar eating dinner, I started reading Alice Hoffman’s The Rules of Magic, A Novel and it sucked me in, so there’s a third book in my am-reading mix.

I was also only meh about the food my friend and I cooked for our lunches this week, so I won’t share either of those. They weren’t bad, but I think I need to tweak the recipes a bit before I put them in a regular rotation.

I’m not listening to anything right now as I write this post, but I’ve had Nick Cave on heavy rotation this week.

I did a 5K with my cousin and some of her friends yesterday. In fact, Saturday was a pretty busy day all around and gave me one of my best “Apple Activity” days. That was a pretty cool thing, and a good motivation to keep working at being healthy.

Played Werewolf with some friends Saturday night. That was fun- a good group for that kind of game. Not the kind of thing that I am always good at, so I am glad I had a good time.

And to day I saw a play. An Octoroon. I don’t know how to describe it except to say “Wow” and its going to take a bit of time to digest all that was in it. Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins is an amazing playwright with a lot of things to say, and we need to listen to him. Actor’s Express theater, where I saw the production, offers this synopsis:

Trouble has been a-brewin’ at the Terrebonne Plantation since Judge Peyton died. Money is running out, an evil overseer is up to no good, and the heir to the estate is in love with someone he shouldn’t be. MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (author of the AE hit Appropriate) turns a nineteenth century melodrama on its ear in this combustibly hilarious, riotously subversive romp that hurls the antebellum south into a direct collision course with 21st century cultural politics.

(Actor’s Express Website)

If you ever get a chance to see it, do.

I guess that’s it for this week. What’s up for the coming week? Well, hopefully some reading. An Accreditation for work. Hopefully something fun to share next week.

Until next time…