Michelle's Journal

Short list of birthday events:

1. Woke up to Wink yelling @ me at 6am with a poopy butt.
2. While chasing her to correct said issue, I knocked my (very fragile) phone off the desk and smashed the screen off. (I was transferring it to a different phone TOMORROW.)
3. Hauled myself out for the professional conference @ Rosemont.
4. Talked to a bunch of library staff people!
5. Ran into a coworker I had not seen in a minute and got to lunch w/them.
6. Got home in time to pick up stuff from the pharmacy!
7. Bought ice cream and Crunch bits for my birthday snack.
8. Got a present from mylittleredgirl and am thrilled with cat-shaped ice cubes!!!
9. Have dinner in the oven!

I've actually finished a couple books recently and I'm proud of myself for it.

First, Chash from AO3 published an indie romance called "Daughter of the Bride" (CJ Houseman) and I picked up a few copies to both support the author and to put into libraries. It was a fun book! Personally, I thought it could have gone through a couple more passes with an editor, but I did genuinely have a lovely time with it. It was fun and messy and exactly what my brain wanted.

Riding that wave, I borrowed an audiobook that I've been meaning to get to for a bit. Did y'all know Pamela Anderson wrote a couple books? Including a fairly recent memoir? Well, Love, Pamela popped up as available at the library and I read it. Honestly, I've got a lot of respect for PA. She made it out of the horrific quangle that was 90's and early aught's media. Her choices in spouses have been fascinating, but the book was pretty interesting and reframed some things that I'd only heard about through tabloids. She seems like an interesting, thoughtful person who's embodied the 'work with everyone if you've got a goal'. I honestly wish her the best and hope she keeps growing and doing her thing.

I've also made progress with the book that's kind of stumped me over into a reading slump. I do want to finish it, but I'm having a hard time parsing why this particular book has been such a slog. Maybe the story isn't just hitting me right? Or the writing might not be executing what the author was attempting? Meh. I do want to finish it, but it's been a bit of a disappointment.

My weekend went ok. I ate ALL the veggies at hotpot on Saturday. I also did laundry and did some small house projects yesterday. I have therapy tonight and I think I'm gonna go to bed early.