Friday, January 11, 2013
One at a Time
It's snowy days like today that make me want to be cozy and drink hot cocoa and read or watch movies all day while I'm wrapped in a big blanket. But, I get to be at work. I am very thankful for the job that I have and the people I work with that I can call my friends. Don't get me wrong, if (when) the day comes that Casey has a job that pays well enough I will jump at the chance to stay home with my babies. For now, that is not what life has given us but it is a goal we will work towards. Speaking of goals, let me segue into my actual topic, I am getting excited about one of my resolution thingies that I didn't officially make. I just finished reading my first book of 2013. Yay for me. I used to read all the time and then I got pregnant and sick and somehow my body and brain connected reading to being sick so I got nauseous everytime I read for more than five minutes. It wasn't fun. I pushed through it at the end of my pregnancy and read (for the second time) the book that inspired Hiccup's name. I also was able to finish another book just days before heading to the hospital. Reading as a brand new mom didn't really work for me. I picked sleep over almost any other activity. Now, six months later, I am getting back into this reading groove. The book that kicked off this year was Crossed by Ally Condie. It is the sequel to Matched, which I read and really enjoyed, last year. It was a typical second (filler) book. Not a ton of anything happened, but enough emotion and interest to push the story forward to get me excited for the third book. The story overall wasn't fabulous, but what the book did for me was. It got me excited about reading again. I finished the book last night and first thing this morning I was on the library's website requesting books. I love the library. Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card... Arthur... anyone remember that? What an awesome place. I think I'd like to be a librarian if I ever got the chance, maybe while my kids are old enough to be at school and Casey is away at his amazing dream job making us oodles (enough to pay bills and have a little fun) of money. Anyway, I'm off to pick up my second book of the year and hopefully this blissful stage of reading glory will continue in the upcoming months. I currently have a list of about 100 books I'd like to read although I am always welcome to suggestions. I love being able to talk with friends or family or even strangers about the good books we are reading and have read. Ah, it makes me smile just thinking about the joy of getting so immersed in the stories and characters. I love it.
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You must get sick of me always commenting! LOL. Oh well. When you mentioned being a librarian, I couldn't help but think back to when I was in Jr High, sitting down with my school counselor figuring out which classes I should take the upcoming year. He asked me, what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I very seriously answered, a librarian. He looked dumbfounded, knowing that no class I took would be necessary to get a librarian job. But I still to this day I think that would be such an awesome job! Getting to put books up on their shelves, and the smell I'd get to enjoy everyday!! Yes, I'm weird, I LOOOVE the smell of library books!! (And I'm assuming that I'd get first dibs on checking out my favorite books too, right???) haha! It was my dream to be a librarian, and write and illustrate childrens books on the side. :) That dream has never left me. haha! Maybe one day... when the littles are all in school... Until then, I too desire to get back into reading, it has been far too long since my last good read!
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