Well, Hot Damn

 It's not every day your cat runs across your keyboard and suddenly you're looking at a blog you completely forgot existed for 10+ years.

I don't know that I ever would have found my way back here without some sort of cosmic cat interference, but I'm iooooooooooooooooooowe

Sorry, cat ran across the keyboard again. I'm HAPPY to be back. Let's get some life updates going, shall we?

First, I did not major in English and, as a matter of fact, I'm still pursuing a degree. YES REALLY. I changed course a few times, took several years off in general, and now...well...I'm getting ready to apply to nursing school this upcoming year. When I was scrolling through my posts about dissecting the cat my Junior year of high school I was cackling like a mad witch. Life really comes full circle, doesn't it? Especially in regards to those pesky, type A anatomy professors who really want to make you ride the struggle bus downhill in a snowstorm. So crazy.

Something that hasn't really changed is my love of reading, though I've slowed down immensely since the days I had wildly unbelievable amounts of free time due to unemployment and general kid-less-ness. I will have read 80ish books by the end of this year, and this is the second year I've been fully back into reading. I have never fully stopped losing myself in a good book, but there were a couple unfortunate years after the birth of my first son that I did not read as much as I would have liked.

Oh, yeah, I have sons! Two of them! And what's crazier? I had them with the boy I went to homecoming and prom with and who was picking me up to go see all those scary movies way back in my posts. I may have been wishy-washy on my career path but GOD I knew I would be marrying that man back when I was covered in cystic acne and cotton candy scented body spray.

I won't let my cat's hard work go to waste. I will be updating this blog periodically, if only for myself. I can't say that it will be often or even consistent because if I've learned anything about myself from scrolling through 3 years of my teen angst is that I've never been good about holding myself accountable.

Here's a pic of little Galaxy to satisfy the cat tax

I'm terrible at this blog thing....

Hey guys! It's been... A long time. Why does it seem like that's how my posts always start? Oh we'll. I kind of suck. Hopefully I still have a few of my followers! My main point for this blog post is to show you a list of the books I've read so far this year. But first, I just wanted to point out how crazy it is that I'm 3/4 of the way through my senior year of high school! My graduation is in June and I am absolutely thrilled. However, I am a little nervous about what lies ahead. One step at a time, I suppose. :)

I've also been doing a lot of writing. Nothing good, but writing none the less.

Now to the best part! Books! The following is a list of everything I've read in 2013. Ready? :)

1. Matched-Ally Condie
2. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas-John Boyne
3. Every Day- David Levithan
4. Beautiful Creatures-Kami Garcia
5. The book Thief-Markus Zusak
6. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist-Rachel Cohn
7-15. Series of Unfortunate Events 1-9-Lemony Snicket (don't judge me. I've never read them before.
16. Wintertown-Stephen Emond
17. If I Stay-Gayle Forman
18. Ruby's Imagine-Kim Antieau
19. How They Met and Other Stories-David Levithan
20. Girl, Interrupted-Susanna Kaysen
21. Mister Death's Blue Eyed Girls-Mary Downing Hahn
22. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time-Mark Huddon
23. The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath
24. Let the Right One In-John Lindquist
25. The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold
26.Marley and Me- John Grogan
27. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan-Lisa See


That's it so far!! I've read a lot of great books and I've still got a lot of books to go. I hope to at least make it to 100 and beat my record last year! If you have any recommendations, let me know!