I am a list maker. Mainly, because I like to cross things
off. Sometimes, I’ll even add to do items after completion just so I can feel
the accomplishment of crossing them off the list. I am a woman on a mission. And
I’m on a deadline. Before August 24th, I need to:
- Go through
numerous boxes, shredding, filing, and tossing (Notice the comma after
filing? You’re not going to change my ways so easily
- Organize my office. Okay, it’s also my bedroom. Whatever!
- Get rid of the ugly shed. Delegated to my son and so it's done (told you I added items after the fact)!
- Clear the yard, make a budget patio, build container boxes, and plant things that don’t easily die…thinking lots of succulents.
- Get in better shape. I recently joined a gym and I’m determined to look good in a bikini again. So what if I’m in my 40’s and my metabolism is slowing down? I was able to lose all my baby fat within 6 months of having my second child, so why can’t I do it again? Wait…oh, right, I was 29… Again, Whatever! It stays on the list.
- Resolve issues at the office. Long story and not really funny.
- Find inner peace. Now, that’s funny!
The list goes on and on, but last on it is… READ, READ, READ
for enjoyment.
Why, you ask, must I complete my list before August 24th?
On that day, my life will change for at least 2 years. You see, I am returning
to school. Again. This time it’s graduate school (this comes from another of my
lists of life goals – no deadline). On August 1st, I begin my
pre-req class to the Library and Information Science Master’s Program at San
Jose State University
Back to reading. I have been devouring books for the past
three months or so and following, are my “tweet-size” thoughts on what I’ve
read. Think of my exclamation marks as thumbs up. The more there, the better I
liked it. Included are some I haven’t finished and may not. I’ve marked them
with a $ denoting money that probably could have been better utilized. I will
try to keep them in order read, counting down to what I finished this morning. I
will purposefully be brief – time’s awastin’!
- House Rules – Jodi Picoult. Asberger’s, death, family. Read it !!!
- Darkfever: The Fever Series – Karen Marie Moning. $
- Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare – Stephen Greenblatt. Cheated and listened to the audiobook. !!
- Dream Big: Finding the Courage to Follow Your Dreams and Laugh at Your Nightmares – Lisa Hammond. Quick read. Positive affirmations we all need !!
- We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver. $ Had to put it down because the woman from whose perspective it’s told is SO infuriating, but I will be picking it back up (probably today) because I’ve read so many great things about it. And it’s coming out as a movie in the fall.
- Faithless – Joyce Carol Oates. $
- The
Hangman’s Daughter – Oliver Pötzsch.
- Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese. Excellent. Be patient, it takes a while to get into. !!!!
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot. Great book. Cells. Family. Civil rights issues. !!!!
- Wishful Drinking – Carrie Fisher. Awesome. Fisher takes an hilarious look at her painful, dual diagnosis life. She’s beyond sarcasm and irreverence. One sentence sums it up: “If my life wasn’t funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.” Read it !!!!!
Well, that’s it for now reading fans. Now it’s back to the
books before I start hitting the books (but hopefully not the bottle!).
I love hearing your voice in my head as I read, and learning about what's going on with you. I'm so proud to be your friend =)