i broke down over lunch and went to brookdale and bought books. then i went to the applebee's across the parking lot and ate and read the first two-thirds (yes i'm a very fast reader) of the first j.p. beaumont book by j.a. jance. now i know who the hell anne corley is! this makes me feel much better.

i'm very pleased to have the gps in my car-- this means that i can do things like find brookdale again, even though i've only ever been to that area twice, because my car now knows where the ihop in the brookdale parking lot is.