Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

So, so good off the page the first time, but also exceedingly enjoyable from the iPod the second time around.

"How do you spend your time?"

Retirement is actually pretty cool, worth working and saving for 38 years. It is amazing how I find myself so busy, but now busy doing things I really enjoy doing.

1. Studying American Sign Language
2. Reading books like Train Go Sorry, The 19th Wife, and now I am listening to one on my iPod, Pillars of the Earth.
3. Tennis lessons.
4. Running every day.
5. Listening to very, very cool Podcasts.
6. Reading the newspaper from front to back.

Actually during the day I haven't taken a nap or turned on the television once. Again, I'm too busy. Once Bindu comes home, though, we've taken to watching some pretty high quality video programming. Last night we finished "The Pacific", and it was a very sobering experience. When it was over, we just sat quietly, totally overwhelmed by what we'd seen. I feel so very lucky to have avoided that experience myself, but also so, so thankful my sons were not part of either the war in Iraq or in Afghanistan. Why do we do this to ourselves?