I know I was going to try to blog more often but let's face it, I'm never going to do that.
But here's what's happening in my life now...
Summer Reading - The Summer Reading Events are in full swing. Events have been set, plans are finished or in progress, prizes have been arranged, and my life has officially been taken over. With events one or two times a week I've been keeping very busy. Check out everything that's going on for the teens with our Midsummer Knight's Read Summer Reading theme.
Facebook Slack-off - In other news, I am currently a huge facebook slacker. I stopped playing all the games and now only go online once a week if that. Usually, though, I will be posting via twitter or facebook from my phone. So if you message me, tweet me, write on my wall, whatever, I will usually respond back if I can do so from my phone.
Dental Drama - Coming up this week is some added drama of a tooth issue. I broke a tooth while on vacation in Florida in March (stupid carmel corn). Since I have not had an issue with said tooth I decided to wait until I could actually afford to go get it fixed. Unfortunately the tooth is now causing me problems so I'm going to have to get it taken care of and add yet another bill to my never decreading pile. It seems like every time I pay one off another bill takes its place. Ugh! So at 8 AM tomorrow I will be meeting my dental fate - hopefully it will be a quick and inexpensive fix as I really can't afford many more bills.
Summer Trips - Since Kelly and I took a Spring trip to Florida, I've been taking little day trips here or there when possible. After talking about money issues above it probably sounds dumb to take trips but none of them are that expensive or the tickets are already paid for so there's no going back now.
- Trip 1 - Memorial Day Picnic - Kelly, her friend Chrissy, and I went to Turkey Run in Indiana for a picnic with some friends of ours from when we were little. The Bobos lived in El Paso for a time and our three families were fast friends. Kelly and Chrissy were the same age as their kids John and Mary, Amy was the same age as Sarah, and my friend Beth and I were the same age as their youngest, Bekah. The Bobos have invited us to their Memorial Day Picnic for the last couple of years and we were finally able to make it. We filled the time with talking, hiking, eating, and fun. It was so great to see them and I am excited to go back again next Memorial Day.
- Trip 2 - This Is Teen Event - Wednesday, my friend and co-worker, Erin, and I will be headed to Naperville, IL to go to the This Is Teen event with Anderson's Bookstore. I'm really excited to see some of my favorite authors at the event including Meg Cabot, Libba Bray, and Maggie Stiefvater.
- Trip 3 - July Tubing Trip - Beth and I will be going on a tubing trip in Northern Illinois with her former roommate and other friends. Should be fun!
- Trip 4 - Katharine Hepburn/Lucille Ball Roadtrip - Kelly and I plan on taking a road trip to Kent, Ohio during the first week or so of August to see a display of Katharine Hepburn clothing and what not at Kent University Museum. As this is as close to me as I've ever seen Kate items, I am going for sure! In addition, we dedcided to add on Jamestown, NY to visit the Lucille Ball sites (Kelly's a big fan) in her hometown. As an added bonus, we found out that they are having a 100th Birthday celebration that week so we plan on getting in on some of the festivities.
- Trip 5 - KINGS OF LEON CONCERT in Indiana at the end of August. I am beyond excited. My first rock concert! And Kings of Leon!!!
Other than that, life is pretty normal. Kaden is getting too big (he's three now!), my other jobs are normal, I've been reading a lot and watching movies, catching up on Gilmore Girls (we're now on Season 4), sleeping, and seeing my friend, Chip's band (The New and Slightly Used) play.
