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I’ve been doing a ton of reading lately, and it’s been books that I have wanted to read, not books that are for school. So, here’s what I’ve been reading (in no particular order):

A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
Murphy’s Boy - Torey Hayden
Somebody Else’s Kids - Torey Hayden
The Genesis Trilogy - Madeleine L’Engle
Dating Big Bird - Laura Zigman
Animal Husbandry - Laura Zigman
The Diary of a Mad Bride
One Child - Torey Hayden
Tiger’s Child - Torey Hayden
Beautiful Child - Torey Hayden
Ghost Girl - Torey Hayden
Not as Crazy as I Seem - George Harrar
Bat 6 - Virginia Euwer Wolff
Katarina - Kathryn WInter
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
Just Another Kid - Torey Hayden
Plus some ever popular classics such as “Goodnight Moon”, “Oh My, Oh My, Oh Dinosaurs”, “There’s a Monster at the End of this Book”, “Another Monster at the End of this Book”, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, “The Big Red Barn”, and “The Napping House”.

It’s not a very long list, but it’s the ones I could remember of the top of my head. One of these days I am going to make a complete list for myself, one of all the books I’ve read and one of all the books I want to read.

So what have you been reading lately?

Here’s what I’ve been doing (and what I’ve got coming up)

Thursday, April 22
Work at 7:30 A.M. Stay at work until 7:30 P.M. for parent dinner.
Andy comes into town.

Friday, April 23
Work at 7:00 A.M. Home by 4:00 P.M.
Go out to dinner with Andy, Kevin, Lance, Tara, Dawn, and a bunch of other people - get home really late.

Saturday, April 24
Help at dog class from 8:30 - 10:15
Take Speak to dog class from 10:15 - 11:30
Rehearsal dinner for Tim & Nicole 2:30 - 5:30
Wedding rehearsal from 8:30 - 9:30
Hang out with Tim, Nicole and Andy after rehearsal
Go to bed really late

Sunday, April 25
8:00 - Wake up early and watch Tim pace the house.
10:00 - Go to Target to buy forgotten wedding supplies
10:45 - Come home and work on the sign for their car
11:30 -Go back to Target for more supplies
12:15 - Get ready for the wedding.
1:15 - Go back to Target for a fancy pen for the guest book
1:30 - Pick up Tim’s friends from the hotel
1:45 - Go to the wedding (yay!)
5:30 - Reception is over - load all the gifts and tuxes and go home
7:00 - Hang out with Lance, Tara, Kevin, Andy & Nathan
7:30 - Go out to dinner
9:30 - Come home exhausted
10:30 - Go to bed

Monday, April 26
Just work. Thank goodness.

Tuesday, April 27
Work at 7:30
Home at 4:00
5:30 - 7:30 Dog Agility (Fun)

Wednesday, April 28
7:00 -4:00 Work
4:00 - 6:30 - Shop for Mission’s Dinner Food
6:30 - 8:30 - Make corn bread for the Mission’s Dinner (I’m in charge of the acutal meal - have to cook for 150 people) and help decorate the church basement with the youth group
9:00 - 10:30 - Out to eat with the other youth leaders
11:00 - Go to bed

Thursday, April 29
7:00 - 10:15 Work
10:15 - 1:30 Design new flier for work
1:30 - 4:00 Back to work
4:00 - 8:00 Eat dinner, relax, type blog
8:00 - ? - Meeting for VBS (I get to coordinate it this year)
Go to bed

Friday, April 30
No work - off all day
7:00 A.M. go to Cub and buy Wild Rice for the dinner.
8:00 - 11:00 cut veggies for the stew
11:00 - 2:00 Make salads for the dinner
2:00 - 5:00 Set tables, help with center pieces, do last minute prep stuff
5:45 - first seating at the dinner - help the kids serve everyone
6:45 - 7:30 - Set up for second seating
7:45 - 9:00 - serve second seating
9:00 - ? - clean up church
Go to bed

Saturday, May 1
8:30 - 10:15 - Do orientation for the next dog class
10:30 - ? No class for Speak - go home a relax until Monday.

It’s been a crazy 10 days. Almost all of it is stuff I enjoy - I just wish I had more time to enjoy it instead of rushing to get it all done.