It has been way too long since my last post. It seems that life & work get in the way more than I would like. Work has kept me super busy. I am putting in a lot of hours but it is definitely worth it because I love it. Wednesday I worked 7am-7pm and then had book club in silver spring, which was an hour commute from work. I didn't get home until 10:30pm and then had to get up at 5AM on Thursday in order to make it to work by 6:30AM for the HR Investment Center meeting we were hosting in our offices. I left work yesterday at 3:30 and by 4:30, I was at home taking a nap that lasted until 9pm. wow. Needless to say, that made it very difficult to fall asleep and so I tossed and turned until 1am. I made it into work this morning by 7:30AM but my brain is just not functioning. The weekend doesn't offer any refuge as it is packed with another wedding and getting ready for my week long trip for work. I leave Sunday afternoon for Dallas. I will be there until Wednesday and then fly to Chicago and will be there Wednesday evening to Friday evening. wow! busy bee! I am already exhausted.
Going back to the topic of Book Club--it was such a great discussion. As you may recall, we read "Blindness" by Jose Saramago. As I have mentioned before, I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to read. The major complaint of people was that the book seemed tired and that there were a lot of allegories and cliches. Bottom line is that it is about a city that is affected by a "white blindness" that affects everyone but one female. It is a story that shows how dependent we are on our society. When the city of people lost their sight, all hell broke loose and people who were once moral citizens turned into animals and monsters. It is a page turner!!!
Our next book for the July 7th meeting is "Midsummer's Children" by salman rushdie. I don't know much about the book and have personally never heard of the author so am keeping an open mind and picking up the book this weekend to read on my flight. I am also currently reading "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao." It is really good. I picked it up off our bookshelf after I finished Blindness so that I would have something to read in the downtime. It is surprisingly better than I could have imagined, even though it has a lot of Spanish in it and since I don't know that language, I am sure I am missing some really great stuff in the book.
Tonight Kevin and I are going out to a really nice dinner and then watching the new Pixar movie "Up" in 3D. I can't wait! It looks adorable and received great reviews. Tomorrow I have a whole lot of errands to run and then we have a wedding to attend (one of Kev's family friends). Sunday I fly out at noon to Dallas, which I am very excited about. I can't wait to see Dallas and stay in the Ritz (my very first time)! Ahhh--to be treated like royalty. How could I complain?
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