My secret obsession

Until today I haven't posted for almost a month. Don't be concerned. I usually think of topics while doing something not condusive to typing like driving my car, sitting in a meeting, or working in the yard. Although my head is full of topics, I just haven't had the time to write much lately. Typically at the end of the day, after tucking the boys in, I sit in bed with my laptop. After I check my e-mail and the school website, I write. One reason I haven't written lately is that I have been doing a lot of writing at work so I haven't felt much like writing in the evenings. But, my main reason is my secret obsession.

I got hooked a long time ago and I have spent the last several years avoiding it. I know myself and I know that I will stay awake long after the house is silent with my lamp on. I tell myself that I will turn the lights out at a reasonable hour but somehow the suspense pulls me in and before I know it the clock is blaring the numbers that remind me I will be walking around half comotose the next day. I am jealous of those who can set a limit, turn out the light, and forget about it until the next evening. If you haven't figured it out yet, I will openly admit it. I am addicted to reading books.

For a while the hundreds of chidrens books on our shelves were good enough. I have Scholastic books for all seasons, holidays, and events. I was thrilled last year when I started reading 'chapter' books to the boys every evening. The boys and I have read some classics and some new books and I get all giddy when they are excited about a book that I loved as a child! Sure I also have a stack of magazines and health books, but there is nothing like reading for fun.

My friend Aly lent me a book when we went to the beach in May. I finished it in less than two days. I am not a fan of fiction or smut, rather, I just like a good old fashioned story. That is what hooks me in and keeps me up late! I have been through several books since then and have a new book staring at me as I write this. I am going to try to read it a little bit at a time, but I know how it will go....somehow my nights will get shorter and I will be really tired!

This is one obsession I would like to pass along to Trent and Ian!!