Things I have done so far this afternoon:
- Finished reading ‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan (dedicated post on this to come in the next few days – just need to let everything sink in first)
- Re-watched the movie ‘Atonement’ (I watched it when it originally came out, which was a very long time ago, so I thought it’d be good to re-watch it, especially since I just finished the novel)
- Sat around staring into space completely gobsmacked by the enormity of the story that is ‘Atonement’
- Walked around the house, uncharacteristically relishing this heat just because there seems to be something poetic about it – the heat itself, that is (it’s above 30C today even though it’s only early October; not humid, though, thankfully)
- Ate a Snickers ice-cream thing, which was essentially a Snickers bar with ice-cream instead of nougat. (It was delicious!)
- Asked myself many, many times if I should go for a run, or allow myself a rest day so that I can run further tomorrow.
- Switched on my laptop to retrieve files to transfer to “new” computer (post on this also likely to follow some time in the near future)
- Contemplated what is to become of my old laptop (I’ve had it for almost eight years)
- Actually apologised to my laptop because I’m not sure I will have further use for it (well, not very often, anyway), and promised it that I would write a post in its honour.
- Considered writing a post about something worthwhile (e.g. ‘Atonement’, the footy finals, the dry heat, my old laptop, etc) and then decided I wasn’t up to the task because my mind is still lost in the world of ‘Atonement’
- …and then wrote this instead.
I have an unread copy of Atonement that has been sitting around looking pretty on my shelf for several years. This makes me think I should actually read it.
Haha.. my copy was sitting on my shelf for seven years before I finally picked it up. Definitely glad I finally got around to it though! I’m gonna publish a post about it tomorrow
I look forward to your thoughts on Atonement. I loved it. I loved it hard. It’s what I need romances to be. Beautiful book.
Absolutely agree! It was heart-wrenchingly good, and amazingly well-written and constructed