At This Moment// Watching the season finale of OITNB.
Happening// This week I launched this blog!! I appreciate all the love and shares I’ve been getting from April, the Steadfast Reader, and Monika at Lovely Bookshelf, my IRL pals who encouraged me to get started.
Feeling// I was a mixed bag of emotions this week. Early in the week I was deeply upset after not being selected for a job over which I’d been pining for the last couple of months. I was in full-on sad panda mode, avoiding the gym but not the potato chips. But I channeled my energy into getting my blog domain registered and my site all set up (with an ENORMOUS amount of help from Monika). It’s been a lot of fun and a great distraction. I also scored a pile of books when Monika and I attended a book swap this week. So, despite some bad news, I go into this week feeling pretty good.
Reading// I’m working on The Undead Pool, Book 12 of The Hollows series. This particular series is special for me because Book 1 (Dead Witch Walking) was the first ARC I read. I also downloaded Blue by Kayce Stevens Hughlett from Netgalley and plan to start it this week.
Writing// My thesis is the only thing that stands between me and my M.A. at this point. Fortunately, I’ve gathered 153 participants, which is fantastic considering I didn’t use a college student population. Now to actually start writing the document.
You made out like a bandit at the book swap, those are all great reads! Glad things perked up at the end of the week. I had fun hanging out with you, it had been too long!
Agreed! It has been a lot of fun hanging out again!! 🙂
I wanna hang out tooooooo. 🙂
Welcome to the world of book blogging, newbie 😉 I think you’ll love it here. (How long were Monika and April browbeating you into doing this? Lol)
Sorry to hear that you missed out on a job. BUT (and I’m gonna get all wise, old-lady on you here) better things are surely around the corner for you! That’s the way it works.
Have a great week, happy reading, and once again: WELCOME!
Hi, Heather! I’m so glad you’ve decided to start blogging, thanks to help from Monika and April! I blog about my two favorite hobbies – running and reading – welcome to the blogosphere! That stack of books you picked up looks pretty awesome; The Rosie Project is one of my faves and I can’t wait to see what you think! Kudos to you on making some progress with your thesis; just thinking back on mine evokes feelings of anxiety – ha! When I finished, I didn’t know what to do with myself! I limited myself to one episode of OITNB this weekend; otherwise, I would never have gotten anything done – GAH! Hope you have a great day!
BOY, do I feel your pain on the job bummers. I had to go check out your about page after reading about your research/thesis and now I’m super interested. The research project I was working on just ended (though I’m hoping I may be able to work on the next phase) and I miss it terribly.