After some months of waiting, it is finally here. For some weeks there I thought they have ran away with my money.
It was entirely by accident that I discovered Atlantis Books during my excursion around Santorini when I visited Greece in 2008. It was winter, most of the island was deserted and we were desperate for some human contact.
You know how the say – “You are what you eat” – which of course refers to your physical appearance? I found another saying which goes:
You are what you read.
Which is true. Especially so when you make it into a daily habit. What you read most of the time, if not every day, will most definitely change your habits.
Take me for example.
I read The Simple Dollar every day; mostly not out of choice but the blogger writes two posts daily on how to live your life the frugal way to achieve financial stability. I am subscribed to his email updates hence his advices, thoughts and musings are part of my daily reads. Whether this is too much or not, I find myself to be more frugal nowadays, thinking twice before splurging on stuff I would have bought impulsively in the past.
Today I met up with an ex-date for the first time after our break up…. if you can call it that.
(Breaking up, apparently, is only for couples who were actually committed to each other. I don’t know about you, but I do think that breaking up means your heart was broken when you break up with someone. My heart did, so it was a break up. And I think it is a disease that I can’t blog without going to lengthy explanation in parentheses of some terms I used.)
The venue of choice was Inn Side Out, which was already packed with peanut-crunching, beer-guzzling customers by the time I arrived. While waiting for my ex-date to arrive, I spend many happy minutes crunching peanuts, guzzling beer and reading Mimi Smartypants.
Oh, happy times.
Anyway, the ex-date arrived and we caught up with each other’s lives. Maybe I had one beer too many, but I spilled some beer, salad and beef nachos onto my pants. Staring at the stain in dismay, I jokingly said that I am a full meal from the waist down; appetiser, main course and beverage.
That sounded a lot dirtier than I intended it to be.
Anyway, on to the ex-date. It might not be a closure, but it certainly was good knowing that we have moved on to better places.
And if you can separate what is fiction and what is not in this blog post, I would love to know you.