Today was my first appointment with my therapist for the summer, so Mom and I trekked over to Yellow Springs for the afternoon. I haven't been there since Junior Year of high school (I think?) so it was nice to come back and see that nothing much had changed. Luckily, it was a gorgeous day today, so before my appointment we wandered around, popping into Dark Star Books (Geek-gasm!), Jennifer's Touch (a tiny jewelery store with gorgeous wares), and The Winds Cafe for lunch. It was a really nice little trip and I ended up liking my new therapist, Dr. B, although he does remind me a little too much of Tobias Funke.

I'm still slogging through Doctor Faustus, which is quite frustrating. You would think a book about a man selling his soul to the devil would be hella entertaining, but there are so many long-winded digressions that when you finally find a nugget of interesting ideas, you're too beaten down to care. Normally I would have given up already, but for some reason I feel like doing so would be a big failure on my part. Like, if I put it down for good, I would be acknowledging that I'm not smart enough to read it. So now I have this weird ego thing going on where I have to prove myself to Thomas Mann (even though he's dead) when I could be reading Sandman or something less leaden. Self, why do you do things like this?

Mood weird Tags: books, good day, life at home, mental health stuff, shopping