Busy is Good!

This has been a busy week.  My maternal grandmother turned 80 and my Mom and her 2 sisters put a surprise luncheon together to celebrate!  She was so surprised and so pleased!  There were 28 guests and they each got up and said their thoughts about my grandmother...many were very funny and others on the serious side.  I had a great time!  I admire my own mother for doing this while she endures the pain of a ruptured disc in her back.  She wanted to wait until this event was over before she has the surgery.  She has been through a lot of pain while taking the conservative approach of 12 weeks of physical therapy.  I am glad that she is going to have the surgery now though. 

I may be in the minority here, but I am looking forward to this cold weather to end.  I am ready for Spring!  Scraping ice off my windshield so that I can see to drive is not my idea of fun.  I prefer Summer...the clothes are more comfortable and I love to walk barefoot around the house!   I don't like to walk my dogs as much in the winter and even often cut the walk short.  In the summer we will sometimes walk in both the early morning and at night. 

Working on the memoir was a good thing for me.  It made me more aware of authors who write memoirs that are on the best sellers lists.  I just finished reading "A Child al Confino" by Eric Lamet.  It is his memoir of growing up and living in Italy during WWII.  I was very impressed by his story and enjoyed reading about everything he lived through.  I usually don't have as much time to read for pleasure during the school week but I made time for this book since it was a memoir.  I wanted to see what a published memoir book was like all the way through.  I'm glad I did!  I have tests coming up next week in my other classes so next week will be busy too!...the pleasure reading and dog walking may have to wait....Busy is good!