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Sunday Matters: Changing Times

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

Hello! Tap, tap…this thing on?

It is I, Ti! I know, I’ve been MIA. Many of you talk me off the blog too so you know what a struggle it’s been to read anything, at all! TOO MUCH NOISE going on in my head. The news. Ha! Every day I wake up to some new atrocity. The scare tactics, the ridiculous posts to get you to look over here while critical services are gutted. What a show! A bad one.

So how do we deal with this? For me, I try to get outside as much as possible but I also try to talk with others because we are definitely not alone in this. Do not isolate. As bad as it is, we can outlive HIM.

Some good news, my daughter graduated from college this past Friday! She will be moving out before August. Not sure where she will end up yet. Agents, auditions, they all play a role in where she will put down roots.

BUT just a few hours after graduating, she signed with her dream agency!

Right Now:

Headed to church. Online hosting and then hanging with the students. I drag myself around on the weekend but the minute I step into that building, the students energize me!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms!

This Week:

My genetic tests came back perfect. Nothing in my gene makeup caused the tumor so my kids are good. My neurologist was really concerned that it was passed down. Of course, I probably will never know what caused it.

Work has been very busy. Adjusting to the additional workload that has resulted from a small re-org is taking some time. It’s cutting into my reading because a lot of approvals come after the work day so my free time is limited. I’m learning all sorts of fun things but eh, it’s a process.

Other than that, nothing planned this week. My goal is to finish a book!! Never had to set goals like that before.

Reading:

I’m reading a great book. The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter. It’s set in Orange County, California which is local to me. It’s about family but also identity and love and what love is to different people. It’s very thought provoking. Full review soon.

Also reading The City and the City by China Mièville. I read this book back in 2012 but my club picked it for May so I’m reading it again. I cannot remember it even though I reviewed it here.

Watching:

I WAS watching the last season of Cobra Kai but it’s horrible! Cheesy, predictable, bad acting, zero effort. I give up.

I will catch the new Karate Kid movie when it comes out because of Jackie Chan. Love him.

Grateful for:

  • Long walks
  • My genetic tests coming back good
  • That The Girl graduated!
  • That I am taking a trip to see my son at the end of the month!
  • My little Otter Pup is still here!

Give me all of your updates!! Trying to catch-up.

Bookish Talk, Life

Sunday Matters: Book Snobbery

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

The other morning on my way to work, while listening to an audiobook, it struck me that I was always on the edge of being a book snob but I have fully jumped into that pool and now wear the badge proudly.

I’m not going to lie, sometimes I think it has to do with my brain surgery. Everything seems more fine tuned. Like there is this dialed-in focus that I never had before. Whatever the reason, I am more choosey with what I read and I don’t hesitate to drop a book if it doesn’t hit me within the first chapter. What about you?

The best reads are the ones that I think about even when I am not reading them.

Right Now:

Heading off to student ministry. Those students are the best.

Later, a post-church nap. Please. Haven’t been sleeping great as the pup gets me up between 1-2 a.m. every morning. Nearly 16. I do what she wants.

This Week:

I have to run a relative to the doc Friday afternoon. It’s a bit of work hauling the wheelchair around but these days I have no trouble lifting it beside the awkward way I have to grab it. Six months ago I would not have had the strength. Progress!

To continue on with that progress, I’m upping my walking game this week. Not doing anything too crazy to start but slowly working up to what I was doing before this health crisis that hit three years back. I do enjoy visiting the tiny libraries in my neighborhood while listening to an audio book. I also like to drop off the books I’ve read. Even with the additional walking I have gained two pounds. That blows, honestly.

Reading:

I reviewed Evenings & Weekends and Night Watch. Both were very good but one of you told me how brutal Night Watch was and you weren’t wrong.

What am I reading now:

You can also see what’s coming up in my bookshop. bookshopdotorg

Watching:

  • Still watching The Bob Newhart Show. I find these old shows to be so comforting. The writing is so good.

Grateful for:

English lavender.

  • All the blooming plants on my walk. English lavender? Google lens tells me yes. My star jasmine is beginning to flower too and it smells so lovely when I leave the house.
  • A new set of sheets. Nothing fancy but a fun pattern and who doesn’t like crisp, new sheets?
  • MRI call with neurosurgeon didn’t discuss anything new. It was a one year post op but now they want an MRI of my spine, neck, and brain at my next scan in August to make sure nothing has spread.

That’s all I have. Have a good week.