The week is over and I am looking forward to a restful weekend where I can dig into a good book and a wine of glass on the back porch. I have had the latest Jeffrey Archer book on my list for quite a while and this was the weekend to savour that read. The public library had sent me a note earlier in the day saying my reserved copy was ready for pick-up.
Mrs. Patterson the librarian pulled out my copy as soon as she saw me walk in. She always supported my reading habits and whispered new book titles that were coming to the library especially as she knew my favourite authors. She also loved talking about her puppy and how she walked him at the park each morning before she came to work. From the stories she told me, she overindulges and overfeeds the puppy so those morning walks are critical to her not having a messed up apartment when get gets back from work.
As I walked into the house, my wife Kerry planted a kiss on my cheek and asked me to “help” take the garbage out. Hello? Can I at least get past the foyer before I am sent on a mission? Yeah, Saturday mornings are for the municipal garbage pickups and there was still time to get that done. “Let me have my bath first and then dinner before I attend to those chores” I plead. After dinner of sweet potato salad and vegetables, with remote control in hand, I flicked the tv on to Netflix and continued from the last episode of “Blacklist” from season 4.
I woke up with a start. Blacklist was still playing. It was already 540am on Saturday! I had failed asleep on the couch. My stomach rumbled. Oh yes, that pint of rum raisin ice cream I binged on is having an impact on my lactose intolerant stomach. I grabbed my Jeffrey Archer book and ducked into the bathroom.
“Hidden in Plain Sight” is such a page turner. The William Warwick character in the book is destined for a knighthood at the rate he is going and I am only on Chapter 14. By now, I can hear Kerry moving around in the bedroom and probably getting the laundry together. I could stay in here for a long time. Each page of this book keeps you in suspense just as staying in here probably keeps Kerry in suspense as to why I was still in here. It is my safe zone though, in reality, it is probably the only place I can be where she won’t bother me!
By the time I get to chapter 18, my leg starts to cramp from sitting for so long and one leg has fallen asleep such that I have to pound my feet on the floor. I decide to finish the book later. As I stepped out of bathroom, a space where I accomplish so much, Kerry walks up to me and asks “Did you take out the garbage like I asked you?” I look at the time, its 745am. I forgot to take out the garbage bins last night. The garbage trucks have come and gone and we missed the pick-up! I have no regrets though. This is one place I can read the bulk of any book without anyone bothering me. The garbage can always go out next week but this book has to go back to the library, so I can get another one.
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