Another Story

I have been on a reading kick lately. I think I have read 6 books in the past two weeks. I grabbed another one from the parent room at the hospital today but haven't started it yet. Reading offers me an escape from my own life - even if it is just for a brief moment. I enjoy getting completely submerged in the book that I am reading. It makes it dificult to think about anything other than the words on the page. It's not that I want to totally escape my life. There are a lot of things about my life that I love and wouldn't trade for anything. It's just that my mind is constantly going in 50 different directions. Reading keeps me from doing that. Keeps me focused on just one thing - which doesn't happen very often. I don't think about bills, being fat, or Elijah being sick when I am reading a good book. It's nice to get away from all of that from time to time. Britt hates it when I start a new book because I carry it all over the house with me and read all the time. He will wake up in the middle of the night only to find me on my side of the bed, my bedside light on, and my face buried in a book. :) He gave up complaining about it a long time ago. Now he just rolls his eyes and goes back to sleep. He's a good husband. :)
I think I just realized that this book I got is a cheesy romance novel. Believe it or not, I don't like cheesy romance novels - not even if they have a picture of some Roman god like beefcake on the cover. UGH.