Do you find comfort being in a bookstore?
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Do you find comfort being in a bookstore?
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When I left college, I moved to North Caroline. It was my first time "on my own". In college I lived in a dorm, and went home on weekends. In North Carolina I lived with an aunt for about a month while I got myself straightened out with my job and apartment hunting. Then I moved in to my own place. I absolutely loved it. But then my mother began having financial issues, and I was sending her money. My rent took up an entire paycheck, leaving me with $.38 cents left over. After bills and food, I was left with precious little money for entertainment. There were walks with my puppy, library days, days exploring downtown, once a month drives up into the mountains. There were also Wednesday nights where the McDonalds down the straight had $.29 hamburgers. Me and my puppy would go and I would get 4 hamburgers. Two for her, two for me. Then we went back and I made homemade fries and peach cobbler. She ate with me - but she didn't get any peach cobbler xD Sometimes they gave her free fries, because she was just too adorable. ANYWAY....
My favorite form of entertainment during this time was my Friday night book store adventure. I took $10. It was all I could afford. $10 every Friday night got me a world of entertainment. I went to the local Borders that was within walking distance. I would roam the shelves, gathering an armload of interesting books. Then I would go to the cafe, where I would either get a coffee, or a coffee and a pastry. If I got the pastry, I went home with no new book. If I skipped the pastry, I could get one cheap book. Then I would settle in to my chair with a pile of good books to go through and dream over, a hot cup of delicious coffee (and maybe a treat). And then they would bring in the live music - local bands and singers.
I always regretted not being able to buy their music. I always regretted not being able to buy more books. After I became more financially established I made it a point to patronize bookstores - particularly that specific one. I know they weren't thinking of that poor kid who just couldn't afford anything - but they helped make what could have been a bad time sweet.
So yes, I do find comfort in being in a bookstore. Not just for the nostalgia of the reason above, but just because it is a BOOKstore. And I love books. Who isn't comfortable being around what they love?
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