So many of you know that I have a terribly wonderful addiction of reading. As of today, I have read 397 books this year. I have 53 more to go in order to meet my goal and I really think I can make it. Recently I found a blogger (you can find her blog on the right hand side of my page) called the well read wife. On a whim, I decided to sign up for a chance to read and review a book on her page. I was selected and should be getting the book within the next two weeks, but I am super excited.
I have often thought about much fun it would be to join a book club, to be able to get together with others that share my passion for reading. There are a few problems with the idea. The first is that I read A LOT! So, for me to be in a book club that meets once a week or bi-weekly, or once a month, I would have to make sure to read the particular book the day before our meeting. I don't think anyone would be willing to meet daily to go over a book! LOL
I have also thought about reviewing some of the really good books that I read. I know you can offer a review on Amazon, but I thought about also doing some on my blog...I just don't want to bore people....but I do feel like there are books I read that should just be shared with everyone! LOL
ON another note, I sent a note to Logan's teacher yesterday to discuss his progress in his new reading group. He has only been there for a week and a half, so I don't want to push...but I wanted to know how well he is adjusting. Is he struggling? You know, basically being a worry wort! I am excited to say that his note home was wonderful. His teacher said that he is progressing quickly and after only a short time, he is at the top of his new reading group! She said he is doing great and will most likely be moved up to the green group before the Christmas break! YAY!
I know I sound like a crazy person worrying about Logan's school work, but as you can see - I love to read, I just want my children to love it as much as I do. I feel like that crazy dad who loves football so much that they force their son to start a vigorous workout schedule at the age of 5 so that he can play pro-ball later in life...except that my craziness isn't a sport- it's reading! Oh well!
I have a couple of things coming up...Thanksgiving (obviously), Dec. 15 I am going to North Houston to do a cookie exchange with my sisters-in-law and their friends, Dec. 17 is Jr's Christmas party, then we have Christmas and New Year's, and then VEGAS! We are now 62 days from our Vegas trip! So excited...my biggest problem is that I will be away from the kids for 3 days, and if I stay the night in Houston after the cookie exchange...that makes 4 days in one month that I wont be with my kids. I was thinking about it last night, and I think I have some abandonment issues! I won't go into all of the reasons for these issues, but I feel like I am terrified that if I leave my kids they will think I am leaving them forever. Landry is now a little over three and I have only spent 2 nights away from her. Logan is 5.5 and if you count the week he was in the hospital at his birth, the week Jr and I were married, plus another 10 he has stayed the night with his grandma, or my parents...I have missed 3 weeks worth of nights with my son. Of course, while he was at the hospital, I visited him every day for as long as I could...heck 4 of those days I was in the hospital with him. I have said since the day that we had to leave him there that it was the hardest thing I have ever done. Emotionally, I was destroyed. Even now, when I think about that moment of having to leave the hospital without my baby, I get choked up...which is irrational because he came home and is perfectly healthy now. The nights that he has stayed with his grandma in Galveston, or my parents...it's usually one of those things where he spends the day with us and stays the night with his cousins or Grandma Carol...so it isn't that I was away from him for a whole 24 hours...but still just to think I have missed 3 weeks of my child's life is disturbing. I guess 24 out of 2000 isn't too bad, but he is already talking about sleep overs with his friends, and as he gets older I will miss more and more time with him. Before I know it, he will be the one leaving me, going off to college and beginning his life as an adult. I need time to slow down...I don't want to miss out on spending time with my kids, which is probably why I have such a hard time leaving them. Yeah, I am kind of a psychopathic mother - It's okay, I am aware of my illness. God help my children when they start dating. No one will ever be good enough - I already feel sorry for my future daughter and son-in-laws!
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That's so fun that you got chosen to do a book review! I JUST picked up a book for the first time since before Mila was born. I haven't had the time or energy for it until now. I was instantly addicted. It's called The Passage, by Justin Cronin. A girl I work with recommended it. I'm only a few chapters into it, but I really like it so far!
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