words, words, words

I've made a decision about my life: I'm going to stop being the crabby pants I was all winter and try to enjoy life a little more. I've been in a perpetual state of stress for about 2 years. If this is what being a real adult feels like, than I want to go back to being a kid, pimples, awkward chubbiness and all. . It seems that over the last couple of years, life has sucked some of my child like joy from me. I used to have so much fun all the time and lately I've been living in the past; dwelling on all the fun I USED to have. I have become what I said I would never in a million trillion years become: boring. It might has well be a four letter word but seriously, I am b-o-r-i-n-g. I came to a realization last week and that is that I've been so damn focused on my career change, finding a decent job and providing my my family that I've lost sight of anything and everything else life has to offer. Even when I was in my most stressful job, I still managed to go out ...

Before I begin my usual sarcastic and often snarky book commentary, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of my Uncle Al, a WWII war hero, a father of two amazing daughters, the only brother to my Dad and an overall great man. He was 90 so his passing is no big surprise but he was the last remaining sibling of my Dad's and there is something so sad in that. I can't imagine how I would feel being the last of my clan living. I guess there comes a time in life where death is an accepted, inevitable thing but I'm certainly not at that point in my mind. I'm glad he had a long, prosperous life and passed surrounded by the people who loved him most. I guess you can't really ask for a better way to go. Seeing so many young people pass in my life has made me feel grateful when someone who has lived a long life passes in such a peaceful fashion. Rest well, my dear Uncle Alby, you were loved. Now onto the book...I have finished the second book in the "A Son...

I started reading the as of now 5 book series, "A Song of Fire and Ice," by George R.R. Martin. Usually I don't start reading an unfinished series (it will eventually be 7 books but the last 2 have yet to be written) because I despise being left hanging but as I wrote in my previous post, I HAD to start because my in laws are all ahead of me in this series. It was either start reading so I could be involved in the conversations or suck it up, wait it out and be pissed every time we have a family event. I just finished book 1, "A Game of Thrones" and am now onto book 2, "Clash of Kings." Before I start getting into what I think about the books so far, let me just start by saying that they are long. I mean loooonnnngggg. The second book is close to 1,000 pages. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy long books because I'm a ridiculously fast reader and so I like being able to spend a little more time with a book that I enjoy, but having said that, th...