This past week has felt like the longest week ever. I returned to work on Monday but it already feels like I never had the holidays in between. And just to stay in sync, the weekends seem to be ending very soon.
How have you all done on your New Year resolutions? I was surprised by how many I saw on weight-loss regimes and revisiting the gyms but then that's to be expected after the pigging-out hols. I didn't make any resolutions - I have a bad record with any such plans but the surge of healthy recipes I see all around is certainly encouraging me to shed some unhealthy eating habits I managed to pick up over the last few years. I'm also listening to The Story of the Human Body in the car, thanks to Jill's recommendation, and hearing about all the ways our human body is not adapted to certain "foods" helps a lot.
Other than reading, I've been knitting an afghan and a winter scarf, reading the New Yorker magazine, and making plans to build a website for the guy who did our garden and landscaping last year. The new year feels great so far. Sure, it's just another day in the long scheme of things but there's something optimistic about this time of the year. The rest of today, I hope to make great progress on the website I'm building, and read more of Night of Many Dreams.
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My work week is going to be hellish with me coming back after three weeks off but I hope to fill it with lots of socializing and visiting. LOL. I requested Perfect just the other day when I realized who the author was. I hope I get it. I love her writing.
I can't wait to try PERFECT -- loved Harold Fry.
My first week back after 16 days off actually went fast and I was amazed how little work I had waiting for me all week ---yay. Classes don't resume until 1/21
Have a great week.
I still have to read Harold Fry after a friend of mine recommended it to me. He told me it was really good and that I should read it, but as I don't read books that are too long, it might be a while before I get to it. However, I hope to get to it before the end of the year.
I'm with you, last week seemed to go on forever! So glad to hear you are enjoying Perfect! I've got it on my Kindle and am looking forward to it. Here's to a good work week!
The weekends do seem like they are just flying by. Luckily the next one's a long one! MLK Day is a kind holiday to have a few weeks after Christmas break is over.
I've been doing pretty well on resolutions so far! Well, I've been doing okay. I'm behind on reading non-white authors, but I've been keeping my planner current very successfully.
I haven't read a Gail Tsukiyama book in a long time, I think it's time to read one again.
Can not wait to read "Perfect" ! :) I think Joyce is one of the most talented authors nowdays.
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Let's hope that you and I get a lot of reading done during the rest of this month.
I hope you get Perfect. The book is great so far! Hope your first day back is going well!
Yay! Glad you had a good return to work week!
Oh, you should read it! That book will blaze by.
Thank you! Hope you enjoy Perfect!
I don't have holiday for MLK day, boo! I used to have the day off when I was in school but not anymore. My next long weekend is in May.
I'm enjoying this one a lot - I am looking forward to reading more of her works.
She certainly is!
The first proper week back always feels like the longest! Hopefully this week will feel a bit easier....
This week is certainly feeling a lot easier! It's already Wednesday! Yay!
I need to listen to Walter Mitty. I LOVED the movie. Good luck knitting. Share it with us when you're done.
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