Yeah, yeah, delayed. I've been traveling. Actually, I'm going to be doing quite a bit of traveling in the next few weeks so forgive me.
"Write about your childhood bedroom."
--The only thing that stands out, when I think of my bedroom as a kid, is that there were two beds and yet I was an only child until around '92. Even then, my new baby sister wasn't about to sleep in the twin bed next to mine. Furthermore, when she came of age to actually sleep in her own bed, she chose to sleep in my parents' bed for a few years into elementary school.
The only time the extra bed came into use was when I had a friend in 2nd grade and he spent the night.
"What was the last book you returned to the library?"
--That's something I really don't recall. Last time I checked something out from a library was...
"Have you ever kept a book from the library instead of returning it, paying the missing fee just so you could keep it?"
--Back in high school, a friend of mine suggested the book Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett to me. At first, I was intimidated by the size of it, but, over the course of several months, I read it, found that I enjoyed it, and returned it to the library.
My friend said it was one of her favorite books and that she loved reading it.
So.
Senior year of high school, a few days before graduation, I went back to the library and discovered that no one had checked out the book since I had it earlier in the school year. And with some tricky maneuvering around the library sensors, I was able to liberate the book from my school and present it to my friend as a sort of going away present-- she was moving to Florida.
Now, when I call her from time to time, she tells me that she still has it and still loves it.
I've been thinking of picking up a copy.
(...actually buying one, that is.)
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