Geeks and Nerds

Minor trauma this week–I was afraid it was going to be a major drama–I got the blue screen of death on my laptop, and I freaked. Tennessee said let me try something and off she went. She comes back a while later with my fully functioning laptop. My amazing fiancé saved the day!

Who knew I was marrying my own personal ‘geek squad’?

Wedding milestones accomplished this week: both beautiful and unique wedding bands are in the house; officiant booked with deposit; and Gantt chart created for tasks and timelines.

Yes, I know I’m a nerd.

On the topic of being nerdy, did anybody else watch the moon landing of Odysseus? It was thrilling!

I wish I could wholeheartedly be ecstatic, but there will always be a part of me that knows that humanity pays a high price for space exploration. The amount of hungry and homeless that could have been helped by the money spent on reaching the moon is no small thing.

I’m torn by my love of the idea of humanity ensuring its survival by spreading out amongst the stars versus the knowledge that we haven’t exactly been good caretakers of our current home and don’t exactly have a good track record when it comes to colonizing.

Something about space travel just touches something deep inside me. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was little though I didn’t tell anybody for fear of being laughed at. The number-one item on my bucket list is almost impossible, but it stays there because there’s always hope. I want to see the Earth from space with my own eyes. Shatner got to do it, maybe someday before I die I could too. Until then I guess I’ll just have to continue watching and reading Sci-Fi.

Speaking of which, below are the three books I managed to finish this week.

Book 12 & 14

“Witchful Thinking” and “They Hexed the Moon” by Sara Bourgeois

These are books 19 and 20 in the Familiar Kitten Mysteries I’ve been inhaling. They make a great palate cleanser when I’ve just been immersed in a book that was difficult or intense.

These two dealt with the warlock issue, though the resolution will apparently have consequences in the next book and two previously “dead” characters are no longer dead, which brings its own set of consequences.

Book 13

“Into the Drowning Deep” by Mira Grant

I found this book when I searched for queer Sci-Fi. I could not put this book down. I finished the 1400 + pages in less than two days.

This was another story about mermaids but was not a YA fantasy like the last one I read. This one was an intense, suspenseful science fiction novel where humanity finds out it is not the only apex predator on Earth.

The characters are developed well enough to feel real, but this is definitely a plot-driven read. There is plenty of science, most of which was not too difficult to follow even though I have little to no experience with any of it.

It did not give me nightmares, but several scenes triggered my fight-or-flight response.  I’ll admit it made me laugh with a little embarrassment each time it happened.

If you like suspenseful Sci-Fi, I highly recommend this book.