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Sunday, December 02, 2007

A Birthday to Read

Soccer Mom in Denial is declaring January 10, 2008 to be a very important day. She's right. It's my 32nd birthday! Alright, that isn't the part that she is declaring special. She is declaring it to be A Day to Read and no, reading blogs is not included.
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It's supposed to be a day to pick up a book or magazine and do some good old-fashioned non-electronic reading. The point is that in our busy lives, it can become so easy to forget about reading. We encourage our kids to read, but when was the last time we picked up a book and read it? That's not actually a good question for me because one of my eccentricities, I know you're shocked that I have them, is that I can't fall asleep unless I read for at least a half hour before bed. Unless of course I am babysitting for the babysitting cult co-op, in which case I will manage to dose off at someone's house once the kids are asleep after reading for about 10 minutes until I drop the book on the floor and it wakes me up. I don't know what's up with this except that it's happened to me two sits in a row now. My only theory is that I was pretty cold during them, so I was bundled up on the couch in my winter coat, which is very similar to being curled up with a blanket and reading.

Have no fear, those who use me as a babysitter. I am a very light sleeper, so if someone were to tackle a sibling, turn the stove on, or decide to go for a midnight stroll, I would immediately wake up. Really I am responsible!

All that said, I am not going to promise not to blog on my birthday, but I absolutely plan to read a real book on that day as well. I invite you to join me.

SMID's Lesson Learned: On January 10, 2008, "take part of your blogging time to read. A book. A magazine. The newspaper."

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