I have to admit, I'm more than a little overtired. Perhaps that is why so many things have been getting on my nerves recently. Usually it's just people who make right hand turns from the middle of driving lane, rather than pulling in closer to the curb. But lately little things people say have been ticking me off.
For example, I was in the bookstore the other day and there was a couple there. The man was looking over the just released books and had a couple in his hand. Their body language was such that I didn't really think they were a couple of longstanding. He's looking. She's talking. She says, "The reason I don't read much is because I never know what book to pick. How do you know if a book is good or not?"
Um. Duh! And this was a woman old enough to know better. Mid to late 40s. So in forty years of living she never heard of the New York Times Book Review? Never heard word of mouth from friends or co-workers? never thought to stop in a library? Never watched a freakin' episode of Oprah?
The thing that bothered me most was here she was alluding to that fact that she would love to read, but was kept from this activity merely because she couldn't find a good book.
Really, it's the attitude that bothers me most. I don't want to be one of those people sitting on the edge of the pool wondering if the water is cold or warm. I just want to jump in!
The other thing I hear people say all the time is "I can't retire - I don't know what I'd do all day. I'd get bored." You know, there's a whole gigantic world out there. It's screaming with a million things to do. Learn French. Teach your cat to do the hokey pokey. Mountain climb. Be a movie extra. Learn a whole new trade. Eat bon bons and watch old Katharine Hepburn movies. Take a trip to Rome. Seriously, I think it would be the saddest day in my life if the best thing I could think of to do with my day is work. And I like my job. But it's the thing I do so I can do other stuff. Letting you job become your life is a sorry thing indeed. Promise you won't let that happen to you?
Only 2 more days left in my crazy month! I can't wait to sit down and read what ya'll have been up to!
