Catch up...

So I know I've been MIA since Monday, but I've been busy... I can't even use school as an excuse because even though it's finals time, I'm actually on top of things. Only one more paper to go! The real reason I've been too busy to blog is due to work and I have been out adventuring and enjoying life.

Tuesday I had a rare day off and used it as a fantastic mental health day. I'm going to do something that I've never done and never thought I would ever do, but I'm going to drop the "B" bomb on my blog right now... I have butterflies in my stomach as I do this haha... Anyways, just gotta do it...here goes... On Tuesday my boyfriend and I decided to continue with our Christmas spirit and watched a classic...Christmas Vacation. We then discovered the gem of Peekskill....The Field Library Bookstore. The books are all used donations and the shop is run by two little old ladies. They are having a sale until the end of the year and each book was 50 cents. No joke. We each bought two books for ourselves and then challenged one another with the task of picking out a surprise book for the other. I got a great deal...he picked me up a vintage copy of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" that will look amazing on a bookshelf. Though we only got three books Tuesday, we are planning on going back ASAP. Chances are next time we leave we'll look like this...

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To continue our adventure, we went to the Bear Mountain Zoo and walked around, saw some animals, (yes, even two bears) and took in some awesome Hudson River views. Not bad for a Tuesday. Oh and we ate cookies, which instantly makes any day awesome.

I want to be the woman in this genius VW ad....

 

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The only things I couldn't really get on board with are: letting my daughter have a pet snake and having a cat named Rover. I would never have a cat, I'm a dog person. And her name would be Lucy, (after "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds") or Penny (after Penny Lane).

I've also been feeling a little restless. I am in a great place in my life and feel like I want to do so much and there's just not enough time. It's not a bad feeling, don't get me wrong, I love that I have the energy and the imagination to explore new things and new parts of myself. But it is frustrating at times because I just don't know where to start!  This Sylvia Plath quote captures how I feel sometimes:

"I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And what do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited."

The important thing is not to get discouraged by how limited we are; challenging ourselves is a great joy and luxury that we humans have.

Current book I'm reading, (ideally by the fire at night): 

Started out just as a reading project my brother had to do for school...it's morphed into a great read.  It was a great suggestion from a future history teacher... I would consider teaching this memoir in my future class.