Kate takes a nap in the afternoon, anywhere from an hour-and-a-half to two hours long. That's the time I use to pick up around the house, start getting things ready for dinner, make sure the laundry isn't piling up to the heights of Mount Everest, and housewifely things like that. On short nap days, I'm lucky to get the most critical of those things done, which is OK. But on really good days, the days when Kate tags an extra few minutes on to the end of her nap, I fill that time with black type on white pages, a good cup of tea, and a book. Today was one of those days, and I spent a few minutes in France, following the adventures of a certain sharp-tongued epic hero. It was only ten minutes, but it was so glorious and refreshing. I have always been a reader, but at this point in my life, when so little of my time is my own, reading is like a little pact I have with myself: A promise that given the opportunity, I will still sit and let someone tell me a story.
Comments (5)
France? Does that mean you've started Checkmate?
Posted by Bryonie | December 14, 2008 4:44 PM
Posted on December 14, 2008 16:44
Bry, yes, I am three-fourths of the way through Checkmate. Needless to say, you will need to carve an hour out of your schedule to counsel me when I finally do finish this last book and have to grieve for the giant hole left in my life.
Posted by Haley | December 14, 2008 5:17 PM
Posted on December 14, 2008 17:17
OH MY GOODNESS!!! LOVE THOSE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Jeannette | December 14, 2008 7:19 PM
Posted on December 14, 2008 19:19
See, Jeanette, this is why you and I were supposed to know each other in "real" life. Bryonie introduced me to Lymond a few months ago and I haven't gotten a thing done ever since. Too busy reading. I'm almost done, and I think I shall have to blog about the whole experience when I'm through.
Posted by Haley | December 14, 2008 7:41 PM
Posted on December 14, 2008 19:41
My wife can identify with your schedule Haley, although for her, reading is confined to a particular type of book, or at least now it is The Count of Monte Cristo
Posted by Joshua Butcher | December 15, 2008 2:28 PM
Posted on December 15, 2008 14:28