I have been able to spend ALOT of time reading lately.  Members of our book club are always surprised and wish they had time to read at all.  I want everyone to know that I am not completely ignoring my husband.  Right now the job I have is very easy-going and not busy at all.  It is a great job but I have a good amount of down time and there are some moments that I have nothing else to do.  And even if it sounds nice, I don’t like it at all.  The other interesting part of job is that I have a two hour lunch break everyday.  “WOW” you say but really its not.  It makes my day 10 hours long and by 5 everyday I am done and ready to get out.  So I have come up with several different ways to spend my extra 120 minutes everyday.  I try exercising but due to weather the last 5 months didn’t allow this activity.  I really like to shop on my break!  But Ry doesn’t and I had to break this habit my first month of working here.  Going home is not usually that nice b/c it is so far away I don’t get to stay long and gas prices are through the roof right now so unnecessary travel is not smart.  Sticking around is an option but if I do that I am pulling my hair out by 4:00 and the walls seem to get closer and closer to my desk.  hmmm…  I also tried walking Dr. Mofid’s dog, working out in the office, bringing projects to work on, going to the library, driving around, and going to lunch with friends.   The last is my favorite thing to do but I don’t have that many friends or that much money to eat out all the time.  Our office is in a prime location sitting right across from one of two big hospitals in the Treasure Valley.  We also have a nursing home right next door and several patients that work there.  So I thought that I could do something better with my time and volunteer.  I started back in January at St. Alphonsus and have really enjoyed it.  I go Mondays and Fridays.  Fridays are great b/c I love the people and Mondays are not very great because they are not as easy to work with; frankly, they are some mean old ladies.  It was challenging learning and being trained by these fascinating old women.  They have been doing this for like 10-20 years but guess what?!? The still do it wrong but they don’t believe you when you tell them!  No, the problem is that the hospital is always growing and changing and it gets extremely confusing.  But I have enjoyed being in that environment and learning all there is to know.  It is an amazing place and it blows my mind.

So that takes care of two days of the week and I am left with two and nothing to do (Thursday we close at noon so I go home!)  What have I been doing?!  READING and recently, just to get out of the office, I have been going to Hastings for a place to relax lay back and read.  The one close to work has a big area with tables, couches, and comfy chairs purely dedicated to people relaxing, eating, reading, and chatting.  I have yet to go there when there hasn’t been at least two groups of people having a meeting, eating lunch, studying, or just reading.  Ry and I like to do this quite often.  He prefers magazines and I prefer books so we just hang out with each other reading.  But today I was able to just hang out at the book store sunkin into a bright orange, vinyl chair that was surprisingly comfortable and read the pick of this month, The Wedding.  Lately I have felt like we live in Washington or Oregon; the green parts b/c we have been getting all the rainy gloomy days but without the green.  Today was especially dark and it started to rain while I was inside sipping on some hot cocoa.  It was just a cocoa day ya know.  Anyway, I know this is a long winded, pointless post but I just know that soon I will not have so much time to read and relax.  I will miss my two hour lunch breaks and overhearing conversations at the bookstore and I know this summer I will miss rain and moisture b/c it will be gone forever almost.