It can be slightly humorous to have the hiccups--for a while. Mine started yesterday while Mom and I were toodling around Corry, doing errands. Thing is, they would stop for a while, and then start again. I think I ended up having more than 10 separate hiccup episodes (or "hiccupisodes," if you will) over the course of the day. By 11 pm, *REALLY* not funny anymore.
In case you're wondering what causes hiccups (I was, particularly after yesterday), here's what WebMD has to say on the subject. It's actually less definitive than I would have expected, but better than the Wikipedia article.
Anywho, our first stop in Corry was the public library, to pick up their copy of Fanny Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. I read this back in the early 90's, before the movie came out, and then started it again at P & G's for bedtime reading (thanks, Claudia!) Since it's written in little chunks, and I had read it previously, it seemed like a good choice to pick up and put down again before leaving Vancouver. However, I discovered that once I got into it again, I wanted to re-read the whole thing. God bless the public library!
Speaking of reading, FGTatWSC is my third book for this vacation. I finished Garlic and Sapphires in Sunriver (two enthusiastic thumbs up), and before I was able to get to the Corry Library, I also started and finished The Mozart Season, by Virginia Euwer Wolff. I have read and enjoyed several of her books in the past, most notably Make Lemonade. My Aunt Nanci, who until her retirement was an elementary school teacher and School Media Specialist (that's education-ese for "school librarian"), had thought it might interest me, since it takes place in Portland and that's where I just was. It was quite delightful. Plus, I love those juvenile fiction novels that have fewer than 300 pages and can be finished in a single day!
This afternoon, we are finishing up preparations for tomorrow's garage sale. We have been going through stuff for the past few days, and let me tell you, there are some real treasures available. And I mean that only semi-sarcastically. Seriously, there are some cool things, a few of which are coming back with me to Tennessee. If you happen to be in the area tomorrow morning/afternoon, you should stop by. I don't necessarily advocate making a long road trip or hopping a flight to get inthe area, but hey, I'm not the boss of you.
Later today, M & D & I will be heading north to western New York, to meet up for dinner with a bunch of cousins from all over. I am very much looking forward to seeing everyone--the occasion may even merit a few slow-dialup-upload-worthy photographs.
Finally, Zoe wins the prize for noticing in the race pictures that the gentleman with the number immediately before mine finished shortly before I did (see Sunday photos, below). To quote Kristen on the subject, "I guess when you are learning your numbers, you are on the look out for them."
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