update with nothing fannish at ALL

There is nothing like your parents forcing you to paint and primer duty to make those gorgeous ten foot ceilings slightly less appealing. I'm just saying.

I finished my first Marcus Didius Falco mystery last night. It's the eighth in the series, which is normally something I would avoid at all costs, but at least with mysteries the self-contained plots make it slightly less of an issue. Also, it was the only one they had at the cheap paperback book place when my mom was buying me books on Saturday, and I remembered the author name from LJ recs -- which turned out to be justified in this case, yay! I also have seven other cheap paperbacks to get through; we'll see how much reading I get done before I go back to school. (No classes = more reading, except the sister's constant attention needing reduces the time again.)

Also bought for me this week by my mother: two new shirts, one new skirts, one new bra, and a ton of new underwear. Awesome new free stuff SO more than makes up for the kitchen work. Even if I am covered with primer.