The Hobbit (024/365)

Day 24 Happy: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

I love to read.

There is nothing more relaxing that curling up with a good book and getting lost in the story. Someday, I want to have a library in my house, full of wonderful books for me to read whenever I want to. Lately, I haven't got much time to read for fun (that hilarious Russell Brand book that I have been dying to finish sits on the shelf gathering more dust every day) because every time I start to sit down with a book, I find myself becoming guilty because I know that there are a million other things that I should be doing instead.

However, one of the books that I have to read for my adolescent literature class was The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. During one lazy weekend several years ago, Marc and I watched the entire Lord of the Rings series in two days. The movies were good, and someday (someday!) I wanted to sit down and read the novels that they were based on.

Today, I read the whole Hobbit book! Procrastination kicked my butt again and I had to read the entire book, and write two papers on it (on top of the other three papers that I had to write for this class, based on The Chocolate War, and on the textbook). All was due at midnight and I turned them in at 11:50! (Haha, Procrastination, I win again!).

The book was wonderful. I expected it to be written in a much more formal language, and to be a little difficult to read, but it wasn't. It was funny, and clever and told a story of great adventure! I want to read the Lord of the Rings series, but not so quickly, and under so much pressure!

For now, though, I am going to take a break from reading and writing and go watch The Lord of the Rings with Marc and play a game of Scrabble!


What is your favorite book to cuddle up with? Leave your answers in the comments.

(Serendipity) 004/365

Day 4 Happy: Getting to see friends unexpectedly

Today, like yesterday, I had several things to choose from for my happy! It was originally going to be "getting new books for a tiny amount of money." Our good friends Sarah, Taylor and Nick gave Marc and I a Barnes and Noble gift card for our birthday. Tonight after work, we went down and picked out 2 new books and ended up paying less than $2 out of pocket. I got Russell Brand's "My Booky Wook" (which I am DYING to start reading, but it will have to wait until homework is done. BLAH!) and Marc got the next book in his Dresden series.

However, an EVEN BIGGER HAPPY came around when I send Taylor a text telling her thank you for our gift card, she told me that she and Sarah were at the very bookstore we had just left! They must have arrived just as we were leaving. So, we swung back around and hung out with them, talking wedding plans (yay!) until the store closed. It was a very pleasant and unexpected surprise to get to hang out with them this evening.

Today wasn't perfect. I woke up feeling pretty terrible, with a sore throat and scratchy voice. Work was pretty lame, and it was one of my longest shifts of the week. I have a TON of homework to do before tomorrow, when I have a Criminal Justice exam. Normally, all of that would be pretty bothersome. However, finding my "happy" for the day makes me continuously look out for what is good and try to ignore the ick.

Bonus Happy: We just had a GIGANTIC storm, complete with pounding rain, ridiculous thunder and TONS of lightning.