Have I mentioned that my new job is kicking my ass?

It is virtually guaranteed that at some point each evening I will require a nap.

I spend a large part of every workday reading and learning, which means that when I get home, my brain is fried. This is too bad, because I both really am enjoying the nonfiction book I’m reading and need to get it back to the library before Sunday.

And even though I ought to be able to multitask while I watch tv, I instead tend to stare blankly at a program, hands idle.

I haven’t finished the final couple rows of my shawl, which is all it’s needed for weeks. I haven’t touched my zigzag shawl for months. And while the Halloween yarn I bought to turn into Halloween socks is, at least, on the needles, it seems unlikely to be wearable in the next two weeks unless I’m hoping to turn it into a Halloween cuff bracelet.

But there’s one more baseball series to watch, starting next week, so I suppose anything is possible.

In a shock to me, the Washington Nationals have eliminated the Saint Louis Cardinals in four straight games.

The Nationals have won the National League pennant.

The Nationals are heading to the World Series!

Let’s go, Nats!!!

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl invites us to consider Top Ten Extraordinary Book Titles.

Here are 10 titles that piqued my interest:

1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by Newt Scamander (J.K. Rowling)
2. Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee, by Jeff Zentner
3. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend
4. Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, by Max Porter
5. The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O’Neil
6. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, by Ashley Herring Blake
7. Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann
8. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
9. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
10. The Other F-Word, Natasha Friend

How about you? Are there books you’ve picked up simply based on their title?

It was still a beautiful evening when my friends caught up with me Thursday, and Eric, who used to live not far away, suggested we head toward the river. I didn’t quite understand what the hurry was (we all walk fast, but he was double-timing it and I had a heavy bag) until we reached the waterfront for the final moments of a fleetingly fluorescent sunset over the Hudson River.

Obviously he knew what he was doing…

I fell asleep trying to figure out how to add a photo from Flickr to a post while on my phone (it’s easy on my laptop) and haven’t had any more luck now that I’m awake.

We could interpret this as failing, but I’ve decided not to. My favorite readalong likes to use as its motto that there’s no failing, only flailing, and that seems appropriate here, too. After all, it didn’t mean I couldn’t write a post, it just means that you’ll get that post tomorrow after I’m home with my laptop. And today’s post has written itself!

Yesterday, I did a round train trip to New York City, leaving home before 6 a.m. and returning home after 1 at night.

Today, we left D.C. in the evening and drove, apparently along with everyone else in the mid-Atlantic, north for the weekend. At least we had a baseball game to listen to. (Go, Nats!) We’re going to celebrate Dad’s birthday, Rudi’s going to do a bike ride, and then we’ll get back in the car and return home Sunday evening.

So, I guess I’d better get to sleep!