Starting in the Basement

I was worried that once I had a baby I would no longer have time to read.  For now at least that has not been the case.  I am still able to read in the evenings, on the train and when I am letting Camille nap in my arms (which, of course, I never do. On a totally unrelated topic, does anybody know how to get a 7 month old to nap in their crib?).  I was turned onto The Hunger Games by somebody from my book club and I am so glad!  The Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy of books so of course I was forced to read all three as quickly as possible!  It is a young-adult science fiction.  Now, I generally hate science fiction because all the made up sh*t makes it hard for me to follow, but I thought this series did a great job of having very little made up crap and names so I could actually keep track of all the different animals and people.  The series is a bit strange because it is about a post-apocalyptic world where the Capitol holds power and televises The Hunger Games where the Capitol chooses one boy and one girl ages 12 to 18 from each district and has a massive battle where only one person can survive.

A little morbid, yes, but good!

Another pretty good book was A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano which is a fictional account of Flannery O’Connor’s life and stories about her hometown.  Not life changing, but a good read.

Now for babies!  Camille is eating solid foods as fast as I can make them (which is not very fast).  So far she has had apples, pears, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, banana, broccoli and avocado.  She has liked everything except avocado but I think it was kind of a gross avocado so I can’t blame her.

This picture is totally weird but funny.  Actually, she kind of looks like me in this picture!

I have not written in quite a while!  I guess the last time I wrote was right before I started working so that may explain things.  I was inspired by this post by SoMi to write about imperfections, or things that I don’t do that I should!  Join in!  It is liberating.

I don’t bathe Camille as much as I should.

I don’t use my gym membership.

I don’t read the news (but I try to listen to NPR in the mornings)

I don’t dust more than 3 times a year.

I don’t always turn off the TV when Camille is in the room.

I don’t iron.

I don’t eat a healthy breakfast (I eat toast with butter and jam almost every day!)

Of course there are things that I would like to change about my life but for now this is the best I can do!