does anyone else have specific books they go back to year after year and can re-read over and over again? they don't even have to be good books. I have a few like that. One of them I found when I was in about 7th grade and I remember this book struck me with such wonder the moment I finished the book I flipped back to the first page and read it over again. I've read it about every year since then and it hasn't lost interest with time. I decided to read it again this weekend, and although I saw plenty of flaws in the writing and in the story itself, I still loved it. Not read-again-right-away loved it, but for some reason the non-love story in it is just awesome. I have another book that's just like that. It is both exactly the same and entirely different from the book I was just describing. There is magic, adventure, love, and an overall solution to the initial problem. The part I find most interesting about these books though is the fact that they don't have sequels that I know of. They just end with that book right there and allow the reader to imagine how the story will end up. I love having more than one book in a series so the story continues, but I'm almost more glad that they authors didn't write any more after these books.
I wasn't a really sickly child or teenager, so I never really experienced much to put me under the weather. That changed this past spring. I got sick in the last few weeks of school. Not sick enough to keep me from work, classes, or finals. Just sick enough to make me feel a little miserable. Now I've gotten sick enough to keep me from work. I figured I was too tired to properly guard a pool, so they sent me home. Then I got a runny nose, and a sore throat. and slept for 10 or more hours one night. and then, to top it all off, I got pink eye! which has kept me at home for 2 days now. It's been torture, but it's also given me a chance to try and get over this lost voice/sore throat business. So far, no luck getting my voice back, and I don't know how I'm going to teach classes tomorrow if I can't yell to my class what I want them to do. But I'll hopefully have a few days break if I don't have to yell at too many kids this weekend.
I adore the tv show Dr. Who. I don't even know why because I've watched it pretty close to out of order, so I never understand what is going on. But I guess it's because the longer I watch, the more I understand that keeps me watching even though I may not understand every episode. It really makes me want a Netflix account, but I'm rather cheap, so I dont' want to spend $8 a month. Especially now that I would have less time to watch stuff and it wouldn't necessarily pay itself back. maybe in August I'll do the month trial offer, but I won't buy it til I get back from Italy, because I definitely won't be using it there.
I decided I'm not ready to have kids yet. although I love teaching them, and they are loads of fun to play with, I have seen a lot of all aspects of them lately. The part where they don't listen to you all the time. The part where sometimes they don't think about the consequences and you get deathly afraid for their safety while they laugh at it. The stubborness and the crying. and, I know I'll marry some one who will support and help me in every way they can, but I'm also scared that I'll end up being alone trying to raise a child as best I can. I want to make sure before I have any kids that I have the right partner by my side, and since I don't have that yet, I don't feel ready for kids.
I can't think of all the other things I kept thinking about all weekend, but if I do, know that they will be added. it'll be interesting for anyone who is reading this to catch a glimpse of my day to day life.
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