I'm back at a cozy little cottage in Ocean Shores and am loving my weekend. My friend and I took a road trip down here on Friday and have just been enjoying the scenery and the chance to get away from the city. The last time we were here there was a tsunami warning but luckily we avoided that this time! This morning, I sat on the porch and drank my coffee, read my book, and just took in the view.
Some things I've been thinking about:
1. I went on vacation in early March and realized that there's nothing like sleeping in your own bed. Hotels are great for leaving the real world behind and relaxing but there is nothing like falling asleep in your own bed. I love my bed. My mattress is the ideal softness and I've perfected my sheet/blanket/comforter ratio for my optimal sleep.
2. I always clean my apartment and try to do all my laundry when I go out of town so I can come home to a spotless apartment. Do you do this? I love returning from a trip and opening the door to my apartment and seeing a clean place. I mean you're already kind of frazzled from traveling and, if you are anything like me, bummed because you had to end your vacation and it's just satisfying to come home to a clean and orderly space. Who wants to return home to chaos?
3. I'm so glad that coffee shops are open again where we can sit down and drink coffee and read and just enjoy the ambiance. I used to go to coffee shops all the time, pre-2020. I've been to a couple in the past few months and I'm loving it. It was almost what I had missed most throughout the pandemic. I get some of my best reading done in coffee shops.
4. Why are there no romance book stores in Seattle? I like to read romance books and it's so frustrating to go to a bookstore and ask where their romance section is, only to be led to a two-shelf section. People read romance, right? I mean, I'm pretty sure that it's the biggest selling genre of fiction. I read somewhere that it's a $1 billion industry. But there are no romance book stores in Seattle? This article, published last year, tells us there are only 3 romance book stores in the United States. I would like to propose Seattle as the next place for one.
5. Speaking of books, I had a gift card to Barnes and Noble so I decided to go and browse around the store, seeing if there were any books I wanted to buy. I ended up spending roughly $70 on four books, probably because I bought a couple of hardbacks. I usually don't buy hardback books but since I had a gift card I decided to splurge. I have a love/hate relationship with hardback books - I love the way they look but I feel like they are so expensive. I usually end up checking them out from the library instead and saving my money for paperbacks.
I hope you are enjoying your weekend!
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