Woke up, made breakfast, watched tv, and did some reading. I'm currently reading Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. I don't know if it's the difference between land and sea, authorial styles, or the fact that horatio was born an officer and sharpe was born a gutter rat but I just like Richard Sharpe better as a character. He fights dirty, he's vulgar, he's got scars, but he's also honorable and polite to the ladies. I suppose sharpe's honor seems more honorable than hornblower's precisely because it is all the more unlikely from a gutter child and his acheivments more exciting for his seeming unimportance and the lack of appreciation he seems to get. It could also be that the hornblower movies were word for word like the book so far and I already know exactly what's going to happen. Not knowing made Sharpe's adventures more exciting. I think I'll order the next batch of sharpe books as soon as I get my car back.
Meanwhile, I went with dad to his eye appointment and helped him get his boat out of the water and parked in the garage. We had lasagna for supper. Lucy chased the cat. I watched more tv. Dad's going to give me another ride to work in the morning so I'm going to bed early, well earlier anyway.
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