Perspective

So I've been feeling vaguely sorry for myself since I've had NO time to read lately, except the blog I've been reading on the iPad when I'm feeding Sam during the night. Jeff was bragging about how he's staying on track for his book-a-month goal so far, and that made me feel even more sad. So, I checked my records, which I'm keeping for the Madison Library reading challenge, and saw that, in fact, I have read four books already in October! But only one in September. And only seven in August. (I usually read between ten and thirteen books per month.)

Then I thought, Wow, I'm still reading! And taking care of two children! And working! And occasionally going running! And doing a bunch of household tasks all the time! So it's not that bad. But I'm still going to try to take more time for reading.