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Sunday Matters: Where Does the Time Go?

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Sunday Matters, a latte on a wooden tray against greenery.

I mentioned it the last time I was around here, but work has been super busy. Trying to keep up with everything is proving to be a bit more challenging. Not really the work stuff but the personal stuff, like this blog. I come home and I am wiped out. And it’s June. What?

Right Now:

They added two more student services to my Sundays. I now have 5th-8th grade. Before I had 7th and 8th. This is kind of cool because new students and all that. Can’t wait to meet all the new students this Sunday.

This Week:

Nothing. Nada. Plenty of work stuff as I gear up for the fall semester but no personal commitments. Thank God! All I want to do all week is come home and go to bed with a book. I’m just so tired.

Reading:

Never Flinch by Stephen King

I have some other books going but I’m focusing on that one for now.

Watching:

I started watching Hacks. It’s pretty good.

Grateful for:

    My daughter’s first feature film shoot this week in Boston. Glad that she got work quickly after graduation.
    Friends who know just how to pull me out of a bad day or week.
    Humor (if it’s funny, I want to know about it)

Have a good week. I will be better about visiting you all!!

Bookish Talk, Life

Sunday Matters: Summer Reading?

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Sunday Matters, a latte on a wooden tray against greenery.

YOU GUYS! Oh, sorry to yell. You’ve all been posting your summer reading lists and I seriously have not even thought about my summer reading. You know me. I love a good list but work has been very busy and my brain has been occupied, like by a face hugger from Alien just sucking the life out of me.

I’m learning all sorts of cool things but there is a lot of it and different components that haven’t quite come together yet. Oh, and there is a little dispute with the union over the reclassification of my job. All in all, it will get dealt with, it’s just requiring more justification on my part to make it happen. That means, effort.

Face hugger on a face in Alien the movie.
Face hugger from Alien.


Right Now:

My Sunday routines are pretty static. Host a service, hang with students. Get something to eat and then sometimes a nap but lately helping people out with stuff. If I am lucky, I will work some reading in somewhere. Sometimes, not until I go to bed!

This Week:

This is a short week for me. Monday is a holiday and then I am taking Thursday and Friday off to visit my son in Seattle for the weekend. He has all sorts of things planned including me helping him at the Boys and Girls Club, where he is a director. He’s short staffed and I work with kids so he background checked me (ahem) and I get to meet all the characters he talks about.

Other than that, I am looking forward to a visit to one of my fave bookstores, Elliot Bay.

Reading:

Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang (review coming soon)
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Abigail & Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan

Watching:

I did finish Cobra Kai but the last season was such a dud.

Grateful for:

    Fitness apps (tracking steps and distance)
    Long weekends (no kidding)
    Long-time friends

Hope you all have a wonderful week. Maybe I’ll come up with a summer reading list! Maybe not. Probably will. 🙂