Long day at work today. Not as many opportunities to walk extra miles today. Lots of sitting times. But 6.37 miles isn’t too bad either. I always say if I can at least do 5 miles a day, I’m doing well.

Last night I finsihed reading Tim and Pete. It ended well. Tim and Pete ended up together after a really wild night together chasing after a friend who Pete met at AA. It was a pretty wild story in the end. I was very glad that the two guys ended up together and in love. I really enjoy a good gay love story. However, Tim and Pete was written in the early 1990’s when AIDS was a huge issue and very political so there is lots of reference to the Reagan administration and how they denied attention to the problem. Besides the political stuff, I really enjoyed the story.

Tonight I’ll begin reading Ready To Catch HIm Should He Fall by Neil Bartlett. I went to the Barnes and Noble web site and found this description of the book:

“A deeply romantic evocation of gay life, this stunning first novel by celebrated British gay writer Neil Bartlett gives a tender, erotic, brutally explicit portrayal of love between men. In a dark corner of the best bar in the city, two lovers fall into each other’s arms. The bar has been called many names, but it is now known simply as The Bar. Its proprietor is the aging, still glamourous Madame. Its clientele is gay. The two who fall in love are Boy, a beautiful nineteen-year-old, and the handsome, forty-something “Older Man” referred to as “O” by the regulars of The Bar. This is the story of Boy’s and O’s courtship and marriage, of Madame’s role in the affair, and of the man called “Father,” who threatens to come between them. Searingly honest in its deception of gay culture and ritual, this gripping novel is at once a moving celebratiion of love and a stark picture of life for gay men today.”

So it sounds like I’ll enjoy this book as well. If I get into it like I did the other book, I’ll walk more and finish it quickly. Then again, if I don’t enjoy it, I’ll put it down and pick up another book. I have several to read so it wouldn’t be a problem finding another book to read.