In mommyland all hell is breaking lose. I hate that I refer to motherhood so much, but it consumes my whole life right now. I don't think its healthy, but it will take time to change that which is something I'm working on. I have always loved the read. I go through spells of reading dozens of books to not picking one up for 6 months or even longer. I'm proud to say I've broken through my dry spell! I'm on a reading kick. Less internet time, more reading time really makes a good recipe for me. One tangent then i'll get to the point - I hate social media because I compare myself to EVERYONE. EVERY. ONE. I shouldn't compare - but also everyone looks so happy, fun and RICH in internet land. Maybe I give out that vibe too? I try not to. I truly try to keep it real. Otherwise, whats the point? But I also LOVE social media and the internet. I have met some of the greatest friends through the web. We all have babies born in July/August 2013. We had a love of make up which evolved into TRUE friendship etc. Most importantly, I met my husband on hotornot.com! HAHA! It still cracks us up, but it's true. For years I was embarrassed. I would threaten him to tell people we met in the Best Buy parking lot because that is indeed where we actually met face to face. As the years progressed I really just has less fucks to give. One of my fondest memories is BEFORE we met - I was sick and reading the book "Good in Bed" by Jennifer Weiner (I think?). He called me and was so concerned he wanted to bring me food and medicine. Besides the fact I made up my mind I was never meeting him due to fear of fat rejection, there was NO WAY he was seeing my sick. I still hadn't lost the 20 lbs I was intending to lose before we met. We did end up meeting a couple weeks later. I didn't lose the 20 lbs and he most definitely didn't care about my fat :)
Whoa, anyway, back to what I'm reading. Im not all super intellectual (a goal i'm working on) but there is one author whose books I just love and find to have a strong message. His name is Khaled Hossein. I hope I get to meet him one day as I find him so inspirational. His book "The Kite Runner" was made into a movie. As you guessed - the book is no comparison to the movie. I have been reading what I think is his latest novel, "'and the mountains echoed'. Im so out of touch that he might have had a new release since then considering I am using the receipt as my bookmark and I purchased it in JULY 2014! I can't even describe the book because I could do it no justice. I was telling my mom about it and she commented how sad his books are. I agree but thats what I like about them. Also - the people in his books generally have such messed up, war torn lives it gives my first world problems a real perspective.
Upon googling - it seems there is a sequel to this book? Oh dear. I better get on it because i am NOT patient when it comes to books! I'm attempting to embed a picture of the cover of this book. If it works, I have reached a goal today.
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