Know Your Book Blogger 1

This is a new meme started by Melissa at Book Nerd Reviews. She started this so we can all get to know a little bit about each other. This week's question is:

Name 3 things that are worth waiting in long lines for. What's the longest amount of time you've ever waited in line for.

1. Well, I'm sure some of my answers will echo others, but first off is waiting in line to meet an author or other celebrity. It's always worth getting to meet them. Especially authors who are always friendly and willing to talk to you.

2. Waiting for concerts, especially if you're going to get to pick where you sit! Although, the one time I've done that, I was by myself, and so it didn't matter that I was kind of far back, as there are almost always single seats left up front, and I got one of those at the David Cook concert at UCM in Warrensburg, MO. It was definitely worth waiting out by the buses after the concert to get to meet him as well. I think I had to wait an hour or two to get in to the concert, and probably about an hour after to meet him.

3. And, waiting in line outside a midnight movie premiere is worth it. I think the longest I waited was like 5 or more hours before the last Harry Potter premiere. It was totally worth it. I sat there and read while I waited to get in, as well as getting to meet some other cool fans.

Ready for fall tv to start

While I'm glad there isn't much tv going on, because I don't seem to have much time to watch it, I'm also ready for all my shows to be back. I got five miles in today. Worried if I would because the clouds just looked really scary all night, but we didn't get anything. Then I went to visit my step-mom in the hospital. She had a routine surgery, doing fine, but she's going to need help when she goes home because my dad has to go out of town for a few days right after. So I'm going to have to find some time to go visit her. Of course, in another week, my mom is having back surgery, so I'll be visiting her in the hospital too. I think I've set a goal to NEVER have surgery. I'm guessing at this point I'll probably never have kids, so I think I hope to not ever have surgery either. Although, my hip/back/sacroiliac joint keeps bothering me, who knows what we'll have to do about this. Plus, my shingles are acting up again. Probably the stress of the pain as well as being back to school. Today went the same as yesterday. Good morning, not so good afternoon. If only winning Powerball tonight could really happen. I'd be done teaching the end of this week. If they were nice, I might give them a couple weeks to find someone. If I won, these are the things I was thinking I'd do for other people: I'd give my friend Jo and her husband the money for a downpayment on a house, I'd give all 4 of my parents, my two sisters, and my brother 2 million each, I'd donate half a million to the cancer charity David Cook helps as well as the same amount to lung cancer research, I'd help lots of people. I'd also buy/build a house that I wanted. I want a ranch with a basement and a library with built in shelves. I want a flat yard so I could mow myself, and be able to fence the yard. In a nice neighborhood with sidewalks or walking paths.

Okay, I'll probably write more tomorrow, maybe, I've got a party to go to in Excelsior Springs, and I should try to go visit my step-mom, so I may not get to walk tomorrow. Which means I'll only have walked 10 miles this week. Oh well. I'll do better next week.