I'm back --- not really

It's very surreal to wake up, after dreaming indistinctly of hobbits (particularly Samwise) and Aragorn, and to have to drag yourself out of bed to work. Real life tastes very dry after an entire day indulging in Middle-Earth.

The brief skimming through of the Return of the King volume yesterday led to a spur-of-the-moment to skim my way through the first two books as well. I'm only up to Frodo's departure from Bag End so far; miles to go before I sleep.