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The Week Ahead: November 17-23, 2008

Are you ready for the holidays? Getting ready? Thinking about getting ready? I am doing a little at a time and making progress but I know I will be the one searching for stuff when the time comes. I am notorious for losing things after I’ve purchased them.

BTW, if you haven’t entered my giveaway of Pretty Monsters, you can do so here.

Monday, November 17, 2008 – As of this writing, I am not sure if I will make it into work. The roads are still partially closed due to the wildfires and since I have to take Kidlet #1 to the doctor around noonish, I may not be able to get in and back in time. If that is the case, I will most likely have to work from home. I started Who By Fire and look forward to reading some more of it during my son’s rehearsal tonight.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 – Teaser Tuesdays today. Not much else going on. I plan to hit the local gourmet food store at lunch to pick up some stuff for Thanksgiving. I should have some quiet time tonight so I hope to start Forever Lily.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 – Co-teaching a PowerPoint class today. Yoga at noon. Thank you for all your comments last week regarding my yoga instructor. The thing is, she is a student who is still learning herself and she is overly eager. She means well but sometimes pushes her students too far. We all remind her that we are older, not twenty-somethings like her. She’s slowly getting the point. No rehearsal tonight so that will give me more time to finish Who By Fire.

Thursday, November 20, 2008 – Today is Book Club Girl’s on-air radio show with Diana Spechler who will be discussing her book Who By Fire. If you want to tune in to the radio show, click here for more info. Diana sent me an email and offered to do an interview! My first one! Not sure when that will post but it will probably coincide with my review of the book.

Friday, November 21, 2008 – Co-teaching a class today. I also have a very important meeting scheduled at the same time. Not sure how that happened or what I am going to do about it. I have a union lunch at noon. I’ve never been to one before but it should be informative with the state budget being the way it is. Hopefully I will have a review or two posted later today.

The Weekend – Saturday morning, my daughter has a birthday party to go to. I’ll bring a book with me for sure because it’s 2.5 hours long. Lots of sitting around and watching otherwise. Sunday, I really just want to stay at home. I want a “lazy” day that requires me to do nothing but sit around. I know it will be hard with the kids but I am going to try. That means I have to get all my Thanksgiving errands done on Saturday so my Sunday is free.

What do you have planned this week?

The Week Ahead: November 10-16, 2008

The weather this past weekend went from warm to cold very quickly. Today, it’s a little nippy out but I can tell it will warm up by lunch time. Mother Nature has not made up her mind as to which direction to take as far as November weather. I just hope it’s not 98 degrees when I am roasting a turkey. It’s happened before.

Here’s what’s going on in my world this week:

Monday, November 10, 2008 – No meetings today at work but I have yoga at noon. Can I let you in on a secret? I am beginning to not like yoga so much. Lately, the instructor has been a real pill. She always says “listen to your body” so I do, but then she comes over and pushes me a bit more and things crack and pop and then I am messed up for the entire week. Hello lady! I am listening to my body but you are not! Tonight my son has rehearsal so I will be reading, in the car with my blanket and flashlight until he is done. I am starting Dewey tonight so I am looking forward to it.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 – It’s Veteran’s Day. The university I work for never gets it off but this year the campus is closed. My kids are also out of school and there’s no daycare so we will be having lunch and seeing High School Musical 3. I’ve managed to escape all of the High School Musicals up until this point but my 10 year-old son is pretty excited about seeing it although he is playing Mr. Coolness and won’t admit it. My daughter is excited too. It will be a fun outing. In the evening, I have a hair appointment so that will be some “me” time. Sometime today, I will post my review of In The Woods.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 – Today is the Harvest Breakfast here at work. This is when upper management cooks for us. It’s entertaining, but forced socialization is a bit “high school” for me. I have a couple of business meetings today and my co-worker and I have a presentation to make later this afternoon so I will miss yoga. I’m doing the happy dance so disappointed. Not sure about rehearsal tonight. Still waiting for confirmation but I am hoping there is one, so I can use to the time to knock off another book on my list.

Thursday, November 13, 2008 – Today is the big Southern California Shake Out. This is a state-wide earthquake drill. The first of its kind as far as I know. In anticipation of the “Big One” which involves the San Andreas fault, everyone is to duck and cover at 10am. Since we are a state-run university this is a huge deal. Not sure how long it will take but I will be under my desk come 10am.

Friday, November 14, 2008 – Nothing going on today. Yay! Might ask the husband to take us out to dinner if he and Kidlet #1 do not go to the high school football game. May post a giveaway today.

The Weekend – On Saturday, my husband and I go to the dentist. I know it sounds completely lame to go to the dentist on Saturday but we make a day of it. Grandma watches the kids and then after our cleanings, husband and I have a nice lunch and do some browsing if time permits. It’s like a mini-date. We don’t have anything going on on Sunday but we may visit the cemetery to pay our respects to some loved ones. It’s a bit of a drive to get there but coming back we stop at one of my favorite book stores. The kids look forward to it as well.

Anything special planned for this week?