When I was little, I was obsessed with reading and when I got a little bit older, writing. I have always been a pretty fast reader and I’ve always enjoyed reading books (I always thought I got it from my mom, she’s as much of a bookworm as I am… or rather, I’m as much as she is… whatever), so much in fact that at a few points of my life, reading books for pleasure has gotten in the way of my studies.
To be honest, the only school issued book you can stick in front of me that may tempt me to read it over a book of my choice is a History book. As much as I love reading, I absolutely love History as well. Historical Fiction? My idea of heaven!
In high school, when I got kicked out and started going to Peoples, I started reading books again. So as soon as I was done with my work, I’d pull out a book or my notebook and write if I wasn’t reading. In fact, most of them when I pulled out either a book or my journal, was the time that Martin was most likely to bother me. He knew I was concentrating on something and would constantly bother me! It drove me crazy! But honestly, I think I did it more often than I normally would because I liked his attention :)
Over the last few years, I haven’t had much time to read. And I regretted it. I missed reading. Between summer of 2008 (when I left Six Flags) and recently, the only books I read were the Twilight series. I seriously didn’t have time to read, but I bought a lot of books within that time.
Up until recently, I started reading again. I don’t have a lot of time to play video games (or patience) and I wanted to get my To-Be-Read pile down and I discovered Sweep. So, I started reading again and I stumbled on a whole blogger community FULL of book bloggers! Imagine my excitement!
Which brings me to the point of this entry… I hate to admit this but, reading books has once again gotten in the way of my studies. Instead of doing homework, I sit here reading my books, browsing blogger book blogs, on goodreads.com… now that I’m older, it’s up to me to focus on what’s more important. My mom can’t yell at me for not doing my homework anymore, I’m on my own. And that’s what makes this so much more harder! I suck at making the right decisions!
Side note: I think it’s funny that still to this day, Martin usually bothers me when I pull out a book. But instead of poking and asking me random questions, he’s hugging and kissing me and trying to catch my attention lol!
Admitting these problems to Martin is going to force me to make some changes I won’t like. My mom may not be able to yell at me anymore, but my husband is much harder to defy than my mother was!
