Not-So-Normal Mom

I am making my way through the classic authors... I have read so much in my life that was just for fun, and also some stuff that was required reading. However, I have never really branched out to read authors that are legendary. I read Matthew Lewis' The Monk, and Jane Austin's Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. I just picked up James Joyce's Dubliners, and John Steinbeck's The Winter of our Discontent. I decided that I shouldn't just read good books, I should read GREAT books. I also just finished Double Indemnity and The Grifters, both of which were required reading. Anyway...I am enjoying all of them. (Except Sense and Sensibility...OMG, it was killing me to finish that book. It was soooo proper. It made me crazy!)

Anyway...I have so much more time for myself and my family now that I'm not spending time with my sister. I knew that she demanded a lot of my time, but I didn't realize just how much. I actually have time to do my homework, and have time with my husband. I'm going out with my friend tonight to watch Brokeback Mountain in Hillcrest, and we're going out to dinner beforehand. Yeah! Grown-up time!!!! It's quite refreshing, and honestly, very nice...