InnerTeub

I was (ok, still am) lying in bed catching up on my Google Reader, wondering if I had time to get in a quick workout before I have to head to the airport, and I stumbled across this post. This is one of the best descriptions of what you have to do if you want to run a half marathon (spoiler: You have to just simply get up and effing run. [magic!])

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So, I quit my job. Not that you’d know it, given that I’m still working, but: I quit my job. I’ve been struggling – languishing, perhaps – for awhile at my current position, and while I have a lot of respect for the company I work for, and know they would have worked with me to find a better fit, an opportunity came up and everything aligned and off I am going.

So naturally I’m on like, breakdown number 14 about it. But whatever. Good things await. It’s the right choice at this time. I am excited. I just need to work through my “Wait, what? I hate change!” and jump headfirst into to this thing.

Assuming, of course, that I actually get to MAKE the change. Seriously, I am scheduled for work type stuff right up until the rip the laptop out of my still typing hands. What happened to being ushered out of the office the minute your resigned? Damn being an efficient resource!

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Unrelated to all of the above:  a (twitter) friend and I were discussing on GoodReads (um, so I guess she is a GoodReads friend, too) how much we love the Sookie Stackhouse books, despite all their obvious criticisms of being  fluff and  books that are not, you know, like, HIGH literature. (Which: Ok. It’s about vampires and the main lead is a telepath. There are werewolves. And lots of sex. I get it.)  The saving grace (besides hot Eric) is how Sookie is written – the voice of the main character is so well done that I just like her, and after 11 books, I feel like I know her, I feel like we’re friends. And isn’t that the best part of good books, that feeling of being immersed in a world full of characters that resonate with you? (And I ask you: how can  a telepathic barmaid from northern Louisiana NOT resonate with you, amirite? Well, I AM right if that telepathic barmaid is written by Charliane Harris.)

Anyway, that led me to thinking of one of my favorite books, Shining Through, which is one of my favorite books for the exact same reason: the main character is awesome and I love her. And I wanted to recommend this book to my Twitter friend, but, Lord, do you know how terrifying it is to make an initial book recommendation to someone you don’t know very well? If you screw it up right out the gate you lose of book recommending credibility (see also: that time I told my book club to read Twilight) AND you have this element of sharing something you like so much only to be told that, nope, not a common feeling: it’s not them, it’s you, and you swirl into this abyss of “GOD I guess my books aren’t GOOD ENOUGH for you, FINE, I’ll just be over here with my SOOKIE, and what’s wrong with my books why don’t you like me?”

I don’t recommend books often, is what I’m saying.

Anyway, I made the rec and turns out she had already read and LOVED my book and we had a nice virtual group hug moment over how awesome Linda Voss is, and now I’m telling you people to go out and read this book, even if you won’t read my Sookie Stackhouse books, because it is awesome: Shining Through by Susan Isaacs. You go now and read.