It got busy this week! Lots going on at home, work, and otherwise as well. Life My daughter's school decided to close on Friday, along with several other schools in the area, with some being closed from Thursday. Not enough staff. The school had been on a mask mandate since the beginning of the pandemic, dropping it only for one week when the pandemic had appeared to have stabilized last year. And yet, they dropped the mandate completely at the beginning of this year, when cases were exponentially rising, only to bring it back again starting next week. I've gone from being very annoyed to angry to feeling fatigue in these first two weeks already. I won't lie - we all mask around here and try to avoid going where we don't have a need to be in, and still, we are not taking anything close to the extreme precaution we all took at the beginning of the pandemic. I cannot and don't want to keep my kids home - I have at least that much faith in the schools' precautions
Whew! A whirlwind two weeks later, I'm finally somewhat less busy. I'm still in India, but slowly getting back to some form of a routine. After two weeks off the grid, I find myself even reluctant to get back online, because of everything that's pending and needs attention.
The wedding went great! It was very tiring by the end of the day, but still fun. I still haven't uploaded the photos yet, but I have one photo available on PhotoBucket (click the link).
A few things that happened during my absence from the blog.
- The shortlist for the Indie Lit Awards is up! Since I'm judging in the Fiction category, I can't wait to read the titles! These are the books shortlisted for the Fiction category:
Dance Lessons by Aine Greaney
Cross Currents by John Shors
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene
- I had already posted my favorite reads of 2011 and plans for 2012 before I took my blogging break.
I still have a few reviews from last year pending, so I'll post them over the next few weeks as I get my posts written. I don't plan to be OCD about reviewing all of them, because I want to get started on my 2012 reading. What have I missed over the last two weeks?
Comments
I like the photo, I was wondering what a wedding in India would be like, maybe I'll get there someday and see for myself (if not for a wedding at least to visit the country).
I've read The Yellow Wallpaper last year and liked it a lot even though I had a feeling the writer was playing tricks with my mind but then maybe that's the reason why I liked it.
Now I'll go and read your other posts, I have some catching up to do.
Have fun in 2012!
Love the wedding photo, congratulations! He has such a nice smile and looks so happy!
And OMG you look AMAZING! You go girl! Congratulations! I can not wait to see more pictures.
<3,
Karen
conceptualreception.blogspot.com
I am only just beginning to catch up on blogs. Thank goodness for Google Reader's 'Mark all as Read'! And I hope you get to visit India some time!
[Noticed that the email (with your post) has a copyright notice going until 2011. It's 2012 now...]
Happy reading for the Indie Lit. I'm judge for the Speculative Fiction genre and reading Stephen King right now.