Hello everyone!
I’m so excited to be back here on Carousel Thirteen. I have taken up my own social-media-free journey as of late, and I feel that this has been my most successful attempt yet.
Today, I woke up early-ish and enjoyed the aftermath of a stormy night. While getting ready, I realized Maddie’s cat, Grischa, had knocked my toothbrush off of the bathroom counter the night before, and I needed to go get a replacement. Starting the day off with an errand always makes me feel so adult. Anyway, I got back home and brushed my teeth. I also managed to do some pretty extensive cleaning of my room. This has been a never-ending process during my transition between living at my parents’ house and my new apartment, but it felt productive nonetheless. I also picked up my brother from his friend’s house and spent the beginning of my afternoon riding my bike through my neighborhood. When I got back I ate some leftover Thai food and began to chart the course for my afternoon.
When I’m living at home, I’m typically assigned to various chores, including driving my 15-year-old brother around, which I don’t mind at all. It added some structure to my day today, as I let taking him to football practice lead into me spending a few hours at our local library. I don’t frequent my local library like I did as a kid, and I’m pretty sure I lost my library card in 2017, but I still feel such a strong connection to its environment.
At the library, I designed a poster for an upcoming school event, cleaned out every file on my laptop, read Gillan Flynn’s 60-page short story The Grownup, and checked out two books with my brand new library card! The librarian who assisted me kindly complimented my bangs and I felt like a million bucks.
When I got home I looked into some of the resources my library granted me, which included a kind of streaming service for a ton of great movies. I always forget about how much the library gives you access to, for free (other than your taxes). If you haven’t been to your local library recently, I would highly recommend it, if that isn’t abundantly clear.
After I got home, my mom, my brother, and I decided to go to the mall. I’m not sure what anyone needed that warranted going there. I will say, though, the mall nearest my home still has some “mall culture” left – it was busy on a Monday at 7pm. I didn’t buy anything, but I always have fun looking.
On the way home we stopped at the grocery store, making our little excursion conclude at around 8:30, which is late for us. I figured I’d end the night with one of the movies I could access through my library. Tonight’s pick was The Apartment (1960), which had been on my watchlist for quite some time. It was very good.
I end today with a sense of productivity, and a lot of excitement about my new books and my new groceries and our new website! I think the next thing I’ll add is a book review page. Reading is my oldest hobby and I finally feel a genuine excitement to read again, which I feel that I need to nourish with a self-indulgent writing outlet.
Anyways, thank you for reading. I’d love to talk to you all on here so let me know if you have any questions for me, or book/movie/life recommendations. Long live the blog.
Sophie
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