Was reading Little, Big by John Crowley. Well written but too lovey dovey for me. I wonder if Crowley is gay. Don't know that I'll finish it. Instead have been reading Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg. First book in Majipoor series. Not great. Silverberg was a prolific writer I've never gotten into. But I can just about tell when something is written by him. There is something about it. One thing I notice is that I keep expecting certain tropes and he keeps not doing them. There's a festival and everyone just has a good time. That's it. Nobody gets pickpocketed or murdered. And so on.

In other news my best friend outside of my wife got escorted from the building today. First her sister, my former close friend S, got fired many years ago. And now the same happens to her, B. I blame S. We are the people we associate with. She sent an ill advised text. It's the sort of thing S would do. She's trying to stay positive but it's really not a good thing. She had just gotten married and was trying to have a baby and was having fertility issues. Now she doesn't have health insurance to pay for the fertility issues. She's 38. Maybe this will mean she never has children. Also she has had nervous breakdowns before. Has been institutionalized before from manic episodes. I don't think that will happen now because I think having me and J as friends, plus now her husband will make a difference.

Ideally she wouldn't have been fired. This world continues to be this world though.