All day fun

All day bus pass inside the book I'm reading now

(a collection of short novels by John Steinbeck)

Today, I woke up late to see posted on the house's white board 3 all day bus passes. So, I decided to go on an adventure to St. John's a little town on the north side of Portland. Now, a few hours later and just a little bit car sick I am here to tell you about it.

Pizza

Old School place I had pizza at.

Little Bike carriage that I saw when I got off the bus

signs like these always make me miss people or places

Shout out Katelyn (whose birthday was yesterday)

Things that keep me from sleeping

Outside of alarms, the things that keep me from sleeping are mostly positive. I started an art project about a week ago and am frequently too involved in working or thinking about it to sleep. Even when I'm out of supplies, I'm planning what I'd like to be doing and what I need to get. I've got to work for the next five or six days which means it might be a bit difficult to work in cross stitching, supply getting, and (hopefully) table saw repair. But, I've been relatively productive, as of late, so I might be able to get all that done. It's nice only working until 3 or 4 at the latest because you can sure get a lot done in the evening if you can muster post-work energy.

I'm reading a new book but I'm not totally in love with it so It's not doing so much work keeping me awake. Mostly, it's just art planning that's keeping me from catching those zz's. I've also, been toying with the idea of going to school for nursing (maybe to be an ob/gyn nurse) I'm going to try and find out the requirements to receive in state tuition here in OR are before I get too carried away with planning that.

I hope you all are having a great Tuesday and are losing sleep over something good too.

The Grapes of Wrath

I'm currently Rereading The Grapes of Wrath by: Jon Steinbeck and am really loving it.

But now, everything that I see reminds me of the book. I see old cars I think of jalopies. I got a flat bike tire I think of families patching their last tire while looking for work. When I tell someone about my family I want to say"fambly" instead of family. When I ran my race on Sauvie Island, an island where people often go to pick their own produce off of farms, I thought, "Hm... people pay for this experience" In contrast to the Joads (the protagonists) who were begging to do this stuff and get paid. I ran past an engine rebuilding store yesterday and thought about the book. I saw a homeless person's sleeping area and thought of Hoovervilles.

This book is inside my head in a way I don't think a book has ever been. I wonder if it's just this book or if it's a transition in the way I think about my reading materials. I kind of like it. It gives me a lot more ability to reflect on what I'm reading. I might go on a bit of a Steinbeck kick and see if the others are like this.

Hope you all have been finding some good reading material. I'm off to bed. Got to get up early and go for my run in the morning.