Finally Friday

This week, Friday was a long time coming. But, the week is over, and soon January will be over too. I have high hopes for February. February is a hard word to say, and I’ve been saying it a lot lately, because books are coming up due in February, and I have to tell all the library patrons when their books will be due.

On to the bullets!

• I always find it very strange when people write super serious posts, and then move right on to lighter stuff without acknowledging what they’ve said previous. That said, I don’t know what to say about yesterday’s post, except thank you for your insanely thoughtful comments and emails. Cliches be damned, hearing from you made me feel less alone, and, honestly, I think I’ve made this worse for myself by trying to deal with it without any help from anyone. The thought of really doing something about my anxiety is taking a while to sink in. I’ve really never been in a situation like this. I will keep you updated.

• I don’t know why I lie by saying things like, “I don’t know what to say.” If blogging has taught me anything, it’s that I have a crap ton to say.

• I have been wearing the most awesome dark gray metallic nail polish all week. Actually, it’s been chipping off all week, and though I usually keep my polish in good shape, this week I’m a disaster. Luckily, chipped nail polish doesn’t bother me as much as it bothers other people.

• Talking about my novel on the blog this week was so much fun. A few people said they might be interested in talking more about writing, and I know there are several of us who are working on novels or thinking about it. Of course I absolutely always want to talk about writing. From grammar to publishing and everything in between, well, I’m all about it, so hit me up.

• I’m reading Paper Towns, which if you don’t know is a young adult book by John Green. I’m a fan of John’s from YouTube, but I haven’t read any of his work before this. Honestly, so far I’m not loving it as much as I expected. I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but I actually feel as if, as a reader myself, I’ve somewhat outgrown the young adult genre that I have always loved.

• Speaking of reading, yeah, I don’t do it much anymore. Reading is so important to writing, so it’s embarrassing to admit how little fiction I read these days. I say I don’t have time. It’s true. But, I don’t have time for a lot of the things I do, and yet I still do them. The whole act feels somewhat foreign to me. Reading for school, I often scan several books in a short amount of time. That’s a very different way of reading, and it isn’t at all relaxing. Sitting still with a book, reading almost every word, it’s weird to me now, which is surprising considering how much of my life I’ve spent with a book in front of my face. I mean, part of the reasons I wear glasses now is that I held my books too close to my face!

• Today is going to be a good day. I got a later deadline on some research I’m doing for a professor. I have two days off from work. I’m getting my hair cut. And, the best news of them all, I just found out that the library has purchased the DVDs for every season of Sex and the City. What? Yeah, I know what I’ll be watching for a while.

Thank you for an awesome week in blogging. I just feel really fortunate having so many awesome blog friends. You have a great weekend, you hear?!