Changes

I don't handle change well.  Even when it's good change there is a certain period of adjustment.  I am a creature of habit and like to have a semi-predictable schedule.  There have been a lot of changes in my life recently that I feel the need to catch everyone up on.

Firstly:  Book Girl has a boyfriend.  It's not that I hadn't tried, and I met some very nice people who were by all appearances perfect for me.  But, as some of you know, since my divorce the idea of a relationship is something that would strike fear into my heart and cause me to run in the other direction.  However, last May I met someone that didn't make me want to run.  It's partly the timing.  I think that I was finally ready to begin healing and moving on.  But it's also him.  He didn't push me to move faster than I was willing to go and is quite literally the absolute sweetest man I have ever met.

Secondly:  Book Girl now has a BA in English Literature.  Yeah, that's right.  I graduated in December, after much hard work, and have decided to take a break from school for now.  Sitting in class with all those 18-21 year olds made me feel old!

Thirdly:  Book Girl now has a full-time job.  I have student loans to pay back, the rent is due, someone has to buy the cat food, and there are books to be purchased and read.  The company for which I was already working hired me full-time as a pharmacy technician.  

What does this mean for you? I have discovered that the second and third changes mean that I have a lot more free time than I did previously.  Working 40 hours a week is nothing compared to working part-time and going to school full-time!  However, the boyfriend is taking up a lot of that new found time.  I am slowly settling into a schedule of working, reading, writing, blogging and cuddling. Almost every Saturday is going to be a no internet, no phone, no television day.  These days will be set aside primarily for reading, writing and getting things done around the house, ie: laundry and bathroom cleaning.  So, things should be picking up around here and falling into a somewhat more predictable schedule.

New School, New Germs

So, I know that I've been absent from the blogging world for several weeks. I want to offer a heartfelt "Thank you" to all of you who emailed me asking if I was okay and wondering what was going on. I have been sick. Not once. Not twice. I have been sick with multiple illnesses. First I had strep throat. Then I had the stomach flu. Twice. Then I had a sinus infection, followed by an allergic reaction to the antibiotics I was taking for said sinus infection. Another bout with stomach flu followed the allergic reaction. Needless to say it was a struggle just to keep up with work and school. Keeping up with my blog, no matter how fun it is, was just too much for me to handle during this time. I've decided that I have never been sick this much in my life, and that it must be a combination of a new school, with it's new germs, and the stress that I've been under. I'm back now though, and I hope to keep up more regularly with my blog.

Here is what readers can expect to see coming up:

I have a few new books that I'm looking forward to reading:




And I've started a Sims 3 Challenge that I will be blogging about.

Here is a link to the rules of the Challenge



Happy blogging!