I think as I've gotten older my reading style has changed. When I was in high school all I remember doing is reading, and now I still read don't get me wrong I still love it. But I'm more of a binge reader now. I don't binge read a whole series I just mean that when I'm in the mood to read I sit down and I don't stop reading until I've finished the book. When I get into this kind of mood the book has me pulled into the story and I cannot walk away from it. I feel like the older I get the harder it gets for me to find these kinds of books. Then once I read a few books back to back I just fall out of reading for a while, usually called a book hangover. But this hangover lasts a few days to even a week or two before I find a new story that I can dive back into. So it's like my reading hangover turns into a reading slump.
What do I do when I'm in these reading slumps?
There are a lot of other things I enjoy doing! My daily life includes work and hanging out with my puppies and family. I have a very hectic household so usually I'm reading to my dogs because it is something I love to do and seems to make them calm down. So when I'm not reading, especially right now, I've been working on different projects such as wedding stuff. I'm getting married next summer and we have been making a ton of stuff, I don't think our DIY stuff is actually cheaper than just buying stuff but I'm having fun building stuff. My wedding's turned super geeky, it's definitely a Disney wedding. I'm currently trying to find some organization in our wedding room. Yes there is currently a whole room that has nothing but wedding stuff in it, and it is actually getting ready to be moved to a bigger room. I promise I'm not the bridezilla it sounds my mom has gone full wedding mode! It's been a fun bonding experience.
I'm still working on my floor to ceiling bookshelf that I started building back in May. It is pretty much finished, there is even some books that are actually on it right now. I only have to finish the two longest shelves at the top. I'm hoping to buy the wood for it probably my next check, I've been saying that for a month now. But I swear I did buy the rest of the stuff I needed to finish it off a couple days ago, I'm just missing the actual shelves! I haven't abandoned all hope yet.
There is the job front. I work a full-time job, and I actually start night classes next week to get my Masters in Public Administration.Which is finally something I hope will finally make me feel like I'm moving forward and not just standing still anymore. Plus I have this awesome idea in my head for a book (yet again) but I actually sat down and tried to put it on paper. The worst part is I get stuck on the details or I get stuck on the main event of the story and have a hard time connected the beginning of the story to the middle, and then to the end of the idea in my head! We'll see if I get anything I feel like is good enough to put out in the world.
Other things I enjoy doing is binge watching TV shows, currently working my way through Bones...again. I've always loved reading books while listening to TV shows so I don't get why I haven't picked up one book and just read that one thing yet. I enjoy putting puzzles together, another dorky side note I thought about putting together some of the Disney ones to hang up at my wedding. I really want the 40,000+ Disney puzzle and I keep thinking of different walls to hang it on, I've even figured out the border I wanted to build around it! But I can't bring myself to spend that much money on the puzzle. Maybe one day we will get there but today is definitely not that day.
But right now my main concern is taking care of Ranger! So we had an accident on Tuesday, while I was at work Ranger was playing outside and burnt his paws really bad. It's been really rough seeing him like this. When I took him to the Vet they made me feel like it was my fault but when I kept telling them what happened they just acted like I was making up a story. But let me tell you I had his hurt paws wrapped up with antibiotic cream on them then with socks on each foot. We only went to the vet for pain medicine because I know it is hurting him and antibiotics because we do not want infection! I mean I was doing everything right. I can't help he got hurt while I was work, and I feel awful about it even though I had nothing to do with it! Ranger hates being outside so I'm shocked he was even outside playing. It's been really rough.
Sorry for the rambling. I haven't posted in a really long time and I just wanted something new going up. Hopefully something starts going and we can get more work going up in the near future.
Sorry for the rambling. I haven't posted in a really long time and I just wanted something new going up. Hopefully something starts going and we can get more work going up in the near future.
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