Wednesday, July 29, 2009

My name is Mira and I'm an addict

I know I know, I deserve to be beaten with a wet noodle, as Dear Abby always said. Here I go off whining about comments or the lack thereof on my blog and what do I do next? Not post. How could I? Just when people were ready to pity comment for me for at least a couple of days. Well this is how it happened: I got a book? And I read it.

Yes, this rare phenomenon in a triplet mom's life is quite a sight indeed. Not only having the time to read at all but actually using it for reading. The problem all started when I decided to pick up a couple of books for the trip with the kids in a few weeks. I ostensibly will not spend my time at a lovely 'beach house' on the Russian River glued to the tv watching reruns after the kids go to sleep. I hope. So I will have time for some lovely sitting on a deck and reading. I have no deck at home, and it's unbelievably cold in summer in SF (thanks fog and no thanks to global warming as of yet.) So once I sit on the couch the tv clicks itself on (no really!) and that's it. So I picked up 3 books for the trip. But then I thought maybe it would be ok if I just peeked. I picked the lightest one (content wise) a chick lit book kind of. I'm not ashamed to admit that I don't read high quality literature right now. I don't have the brain power.

But that peek? Turned into a read-a-thon. I could not put the thing down. I spent the day running errands and playing with the kids dreaming of where I could find a few minutes to read. I even, and this is nuts, DIDN'T GET THE DAILY PAPER READ. I read the paper every day. I know I'm a throwback. Who reads papers these days? Me. But I always read the paper, and I always read my friendly blogs and comment and I always write my blog at some point. But kids, I couldn't help it. I GOT TO READ A BOOK!!

Ok, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. I am a lame-o but take pity on me once more. I owe my friend JennyMac over at lets have a cocktail a post acknowledging the lovely award she gave me and all that goes with it, but she will wait another day for me I am sure. I finished the book and am now back in the world. I will not make that mistake again for at least another few weeks.

Although I have to admit, now that the addiction has had a taste it's unbelievably hard not to pick up another book. But I see now the ravages of the addiction for what it is: a time sucking, happiness inducing, brain expanding, daily life stopping, only for the young and childless, unbelievably tempting disease. God save me from the books.

7 comments:

  1. What book is it? I want to borrow, please!

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  2. Oh it wasn't that good. I'm just pathetic.

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  3. I always can get into a good book. And my world stops also, my nose won't come out of it. It's lucky that the kids get food let alone blog!! I don't do it too often. Glad to have you back to the real world!

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  4. Last week I was actually looking forward to my dental appointment because I could READ undisturbed while I was there. My hygienist said I was the first patient she'd ever seen turn off the overhead TV. "Must be because you have kids."

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  5. I love books. I want to marry the Beast from Beauty and the Beast so he will give ME the library instead of Belle.

    Half way there....Enjoy your Wednesday !

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  6. The day I was able to mentally move beyond People magazine was a grand day around her, too. I SO missed reading.

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  7. Well, that must have been a good story indeed! I, on the other hand, have started reading maybe ten books in the past two months and have not finished one. I've only managed to rack up quite the library fines bill. Pathetic.

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