My mother told me that once I was out of school I would read more because I would be able to read for fun. She was actually right. The people at the library know me by name. Although, that might be because my husband works there. My mother also told me that the more reading I did, the faster I would read. Granted, I no longer read haltingly like a kindergartner, but I am no speed reader. I barely manage finishing the two books I have on loan for the span of four weeks, while my husband breezes through two books a week. I just finished reading Tina Fey's Bossypants, which was quite the quick read for me. I only had to renew it once. I am also working on Stephen King's 11/22/63. That one may go unfinished simply because the ginormous book is too heavy to pick up and read. Forget about laying down in bed and trying to read it. I do try to read a variety of books - not just fun, but educational as well. Although, I have found that educational books seem to create anger for me. My husband asked me recently to stop reading books about health care and the woes of the American insurance system because when I shared the information I had learned veins on my forehead would begin to pop out. So, I think I will stick to the fun reading that won't lead to blood pressure medication.
Writing has always been laborious, but a love for it blossomed living overseas when I would write word pictures of my adventures and trials for friends and family back home. I started with simple newsletters once a month or so, and then the blog was born. Obviously, I am not the ardent blogger with a new post every day. Writing evidently takes more discipline than I have at the moment. I wanted to blog about advertising two months ago. I still have the empty potato chip bag that inspired the blog in my head. I had planned to blog about Easter this past weekend, but that got pushed aside in the pursuit of rest. Good thing for me, I am Episcopalian and Easter lasts for another two weeks. I made the mistake of admitting to a friend that I wanted to write a book. She asked me what it was about and if I had started. I gave her the basic gist and that I was struggle with the usual, discipline. She challenged me to complete 16 chapters by April (the challenge was issued before Christmas). Oh, and don't get to excited - these chapters are about two pages each. I thought that would be a simple challenge to knock out and feel good about since I already had 11 chapters written. It's now mid-April and I still have 11 chapters written. Granted, if I could download my brain I would have about 23 chapters, but alas . . .still working on that writing discipline. Maybe it would help if I had some monetary motivation (this is where you can feel free to send me monetary motivation).
As far as arithmetic goes, I don't have much to say. I just couldn't break up the trio. Although, I will say that I don't think I use math as much as my teachers always promised me. Although, I did enjoy math up to a point. Calculus, stay away from calculus. The main reason I don't use math as much as my teachers said I would is because I discovered Microsoft Excel. Why do math when you do complicated formulas that do it for you? So, my advice is learn to do your Algebra homework in Excel. It will impress your teachers and future employers.
Oh, look, I wrote something.
