48 Hour Book Challenge Finish...

This is about how I feel about my reading this weekend.  I had been so excited about the book challenge ever since MotherReader announced it and thought that since it was the weekend after school got out it would work out perfect.  I had a beautiful stack of books and very high hopes.  But many things kept me too busy to even reach my goal of 12 hours of reading--haircuts, laundry, errands, cooking, church stuff, Relay for Life stuff, etc.  I would have prepared better had the previous week not been too busy to get anything done.

Nonetheless, there were some happy things to report:

• I got to finish Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt.  Loved it, loved it, loved it!!  As usual with his books, I laughed, I cried, and was tickled by the literary allusions.  One of my favorite lines was when Doug says, "Reader, I kissed her.  A quiet walk back we had, she and I." 
• During the time I was reading, I really enjoyed not being on my feet.  
• I was able to eat healthy the whole time--no junk food.  Only one Diet Coke, the first one I had had for a couple weeks.
• I twittered a bit for the first time in over a year.  It was fun especially to find others who were reading what I was reading or reading some of my favorites.  
• I started listening to The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry.  Cleaning the kitchen today should help me finish it.
• I set up a Tumblr account.  Haven't done anything with it yet, but hope to keep track of my weight loss and 52-52-52 Challenge that has moved over there.  I need to get going on that because Week 1 is just about at an end.  

Next year will just have to be better!