We had a huge blizzard in the middle of the month in which pretty much everything was shut down including my work and Jerry’s. We stayed in the whole day. Dakota, my sweet pup, seemed to keep forgetting that there were mountains of snow. Each time he begged to go out, he would instantly turn right back around. I’m certainly over this winter weather, but I have to admit, it ended up being a nice surprise day off, and quite relaxing!
On the AMAZING front in March, we closed on our home, I got my new Jeep, and I got hired by Booktrope publishing as a book manager! It’ll be a nice sidegig for me that I’m anticipating will be both fun and rewarding. I’m so lucky to be able to say that I am a librarian, and that I now also have a small job in publishing, too! It’s all about the books in this home… although Jerry might disagree…
Some smaller things of note this month… my parents went to visit my grandma in Florida for a week and I had to pet-sit all their crazy animals. This is not one of my favorite jobs, but whatevs. Jerry and I are hoping to go in January and I’m sure my mom will return the favor, though I will say that my little King Dakota is very well behaved and easy, except for his separation anxiety.While they were away, my brother, sister in law, and nephew came over one night for pizza and a movie. It was a lot of fun, though the movie, Killer Joe, was basically awful.
What else… my aunt and I have season tickets to the local theater and see several musicals a year. We saw ONCE, and it was phenomenal. It quickly made its way onto my favorites list and I am loving the soundtrack, particularly “Falling Slowly.” I would definitely like to see that again in the future.
My old trainer came over for dinner with his new girlfriend and that was really fun! I hadn’t seen him since the wedding, so it was great catching up with him and his girlfriend is great as well; she even brought me a beautiful bouquet of spring flowers! Jerry made his famous Mexican food which was enjoyed by all… yum!
Book club was great as always. We read Ask the Passengers by A.S. King which I enjoyed. I also went to a Stampin’ Up workshop with some of the book club girls and had a great time! My cards came out surprisingly well, and I won a gift basket filled with handmade cards (and candy) made by my much more talented pal, Patti, who hosted the party. I’ve made some great new friends from book club and even received a handmade congratulatory card by another new book club friend, Christine, in the mail!
In terms of reading and blogging, March was a good month! I read about four books, and while it’s still not exactly where I’d like to be, it’s certainly better than the 2.5 books I read in January and February. I’d like to read at least five in April. I blogged eight times in March, so I’m right on track there. I posted four personal posts and four book reviews, and I’m shooting for my blog to be about half and half, so that was perfect this month and I’m happy about that.
Looking forward to April and hopefully the end of this never ending Rochester winter! If the snow finally melts, I’m looking forward to running again. Happy April, everyone!
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