7:13pm
Leo never had the skyline chili, we talked about it in the morning and decidied to go there for brunch. I had a five way and he had one and two hotdogs. He really liked it and couldn’t stop talking about it afterwards. I think we just found another place to eat in the future.
Since yesterday when I saw the new Kindle in Target, I can’t get it off my mind. Leo picked it up and said he would buy it as a valentines present for me. I was ecstatic, and tried to persuade him to go and get it today. After trying to sway me in vain, he gave in and we went and got it. I have this little thing in my hand right now reading Griffins ecstasy with it. I do like the small size and the clear read. Tried out the text to speech and it is decent. We got the wifi one, I can’t see the necessity of having the 3G. I only need it for syncing books and I can easily do that at home and load it up if I need to go on a trip or something. Leo is using the old kindle. And my talks about the kindle got him interested in getting the guttenberg books on his knidle to read. He asked for the USB cable and went searching.
Did the evening prayer with the Divine Office app. Will start listening to the new audible book later. I am starting to make good use of all the gadgets now and it’s a good thing. I am so lucky to live in a time when technology is at it’s fastest growth and so many products are available to make life so much easier.
One advantage I noticed for the iPad kindle app is the ease of touching a word to look it up in the dictionary. On the kindle, I need to move the cursor to the line and then to the word. A lot more cumbersome. So for Merton’s book, it might be easier for me to read on the iPad, but for Griffins book, kindle would be a lot easier. Having options is a good thing.
I am so happy that my life allows me to read, play, knit or spin and dance. I do not spend most of my awake time at a job any more, instead I can decide on a daily basis what to do and need not feel guilty about it. It is almost like a monks life but better. I do not need to follow a schedule decided by a superior, I get to explore my own interest and read the books I like to read. But I come closer to a life that is spent in reading, contemplation than any other time in my life. How lucky I am!!!