After a week of feeling absolutely rotten, I’m finally starting to get back to normal. It’s been a week of coughing and sore throats. Meaning that I’ve not really been in the mood for anything. Although, I have actually managed to finish a couple of books. Of course, I did miss a blog post on Friday but it was probably for the best. God knows what I’d have written considering the state I was in on Thursday night/Friday morning.
This is going to be a super quick rundown because I feel absolutely dreadful. I’ve got a stinking cold and my throat is so painful. My plan was to finish this and get an early night. Of course, that’s not gone to plan as I’ve sat with this post open for ages and not written a damn thing.
Remember when I said that November was going slowly? I was wrong. It’s actually going pretty quickly, which means it will be Christmas in no time. I’m not ready for that. I have so much shopping to do first. And so much reading. I thought that I was doing well on my reading this month but I’m definitely falling behind. I’m going to have make some strategic decisions to get everything finished in time.
I’ll be honest, I’ve not done well with reading this week. I don’t know why but I’ve just not felt like it. Thankfully, I’ve still managed to finish one, so I’ve not fallen behind schedule yet. However, I just haven’t found myself wanting to sit down with a book at any point. This means that I’m going to have to spend another Sunday reading. I’m sure that I can get it done but it’s not what I wanted. I don’t know why I can’t get into anything right now. It’s either the books I’m reading or the time of year. Of course, it doesn’t help that I’ve started playing Animal Crossing again. I just wanted to see what the latest update was like but I’m quickly falling back into the old routine. Need to sort myself out.
November is getting off to a slow start but we’re still only in the first week. It feels like we’ve been in this month for ages though. Time seems to be slowing down. Thankfully, I’ve still got a few days holiday to use, so I can take a bit of time off in the next few weeks. That will give me time to read and get sorted for Christmas. I’m trying to get ahead with my present buying. I don’t want to leave it until the last minute this year. That leads to bad present buying and too many presents for myself. I don’t need any more presents.
It’s been quite a quiet week this week. Mostly because I had 1.5 days off. I love a 3 day weekend but it seems to fly by so quickly. Although, it did mean that I could use my Saturday morning to finish my last book of the month without feeling as though I should be doing something else. I guess that’s another reason why I mostly read before bed. If I read during the day, I feel as though I should be doing something else instead. Thankfully, I’ve done pretty well this month and had a bit of time to spare. I don’t know what’s happened to me. Normally I’m panicking about finishing on time at this point.
In terms of reading, this has been another pretty successful week. I’ve been able to squeeze in 3 more audiobooks at work and have finished one of my most anticipated books of this year. Everything else has been less successful. I’ve been in a bit of a funk this week. It’s not been great and I’ve been feeling pretty bleak. I’m just overthinking everything and letting other people’s actions get to me too much. A habit that I’ve not been able to break for the past 30 years. It’ll be fine. I just need to get back into the right mindset. Thankfully, I have a few days off coming up, which should help a little. I just need a bit of a mental kickstart.
I’ll be honest, in terms of reading, it’s not gone well this week. I think I went too far with the blogging and just overstretched myself. I was so tired most evenings that I couldn’t face doing anything. So, I thought I’d catch up with an audiobook but that didn’t exactly go to plan either. It just means that I’ll have to work hard to catch up in order to complete my October reading challenge. Very very hard.
My first week back at work hasn’t been too bad I guess. It’s finally getting a bit quieter and less stressful. It’s also been easier to keep up with my reading. So, I managed to finish everything that I needed to for my monthly reading challenge. I also managed to post something on the blog every day to help get on top of my book reviews. That’s the one bad thing about reading so much in a week and something that makes a change from having nothing to write about a guess.
It’s the last day of my holiday and the day before I’m back at work. I’ve had such a good week that I’m really not ready for it to end. I should book off two weeks in future. I need a week away and then a week to recover. Hopefully, I won’t be going back to a load of unanswered emails and jobs that need doing. Ideally, it’ll be a stress free week to ease myself back in. When has that ever happened. As you will have noticed, I haven’t ben blogging this week. Why am I doing an rundown then? Well, I have read a lot of books. At least, a lot for me. It will be a bit of time before I get round to reviewing them all, so I figured why not update you on what I’ve got through.
Yipee ki-yay, motherbooker 