i'm completely ravenous for reading right now. i've concluded that it's not so much the quality of the book that hooks me on reading but a certain lure to the activity. last week i spent a good hour trying to decide what to read next and felt that every book i picked up and read the first page of was going to be a winner. that being said, one dull or poorly written book could derail me at any time so it's important to choose carefully. i ended up reading water for elephants in less than a week, and i don't usually plow thru books with such speed. i'm simply in the reading sweet spot. i feel that many of my activities right now (work, meals, sleeping) are just tasks i do to fill the time between reading. i've moved on to franny and zooey which bren has raved about and lent me the book. i'm enjoying it so far (started reading it over breakfast) and always find it interesting reading books that other people have written in the margins in. it feels like insight into their minds. in this case, she's pointing out things that i myself did not notice. i've concluded she marked it up on subsequent reads.
speaking of bren... we lent her our car yesterday, and would you believe it... she threw my keys on the roof of our house!
on monday evening b and i had our clan over for ice cream cake to celebrate our one year anniversary. it was really fun. i was especially happy to have them over for dessert because it's too small to have them all over for dinner. the last time we were all together was for our wedding/rehearsal, and it was really neat to see how the dynamics have changed since them. last year they were a bit more reserved and didn't mingle much. this year, with more familiarity everyone was quite chatty and got along swimmingly. it was neat since meg is now quite pregnant, and erin is now 15 mos old there was much to be excited about. erin was so super cute. the evening was a success, and nancy declared that she'd have everyone over to their place for a christmas party since getting together only once a year is not often enough :) we're pretty fortunate that our family all lives in the same town. however, my mom may move away if she gets remarried, and joy+tim may move when tim finishes his residency at the cancer clinic. so we may not all live close together, but i suppose that's all the more reason to enjoy close proximity.
speaking of bren... we lent her our car yesterday, and would you believe it... she threw my keys on the roof of our house!
on monday evening b and i had our clan over for ice cream cake to celebrate our one year anniversary. it was really fun. i was especially happy to have them over for dessert because it's too small to have them all over for dinner. the last time we were all together was for our wedding/rehearsal, and it was really neat to see how the dynamics have changed since them. last year they were a bit more reserved and didn't mingle much. this year, with more familiarity everyone was quite chatty and got along swimmingly. it was neat since meg is now quite pregnant, and erin is now 15 mos old there was much to be excited about. erin was so super cute. the evening was a success, and nancy declared that she'd have everyone over to their place for a christmas party since getting together only once a year is not often enough :) we're pretty fortunate that our family all lives in the same town. however, my mom may move away if she gets remarried, and joy+tim may move when tim finishes his residency at the cancer clinic. so we may not all live close together, but i suppose that's all the more reason to enjoy close proximity.
they are mine until i die, until i die.
2 comments:
I'm glad your family get-together was a success!
Is marriage on the horizon for your mom?
not quite, but she hopes so!
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