So...whatchu doing?

At this moment, I am loosening my braids; I have water on the fire for noodles, and I am all set up to give Baby Z his evening bath.

This is my life now - extreme multi-tasking. So extreme I get cross-eyed with feelings that range from self-pity to rage to 'I want my mummy' homesickness. Sad, since this is my home.

Depressing, if I think too much about it.

So I don't - I think instead of the dishes that have been in the sink for the past 3 days...at least, we have eaten.

I think of the clothes that have been in the machine since yesterday...no be my mates they use hand wash.

I think of...my daughter dancing like a white chick to Britney Spears.

I think of Papa Goo playing video games with her while Baby Z sleeps and Mummy is in a timeout. Sssh. Do not disturb,

I think of my Dad. I wish I could call him.

I can't complain.

Actually I can but I don't want to. At least, not right now. cos The Goo is dancing like a white chick. Papa Goo is bathing Baby Z, and I'm smiling cos I've been giving a reprieve from the crazybusiness of it all.

For now.

Here's Timi!

Before you say anything, let me explain - the modem in the house overheated, melted and died. We didn't get it replaced till sometime this month, and The Goo has been sick with illnesses that I've been assured are pretty run of the mill for toddlers.

So basically, I couldn't get online and then I was busy and not mentally here and now I'm just exhausted.

However, the 2014 Reading Schedule for The (Unnamed) Book Club is ready and it's a happy place for me so I got over my tiredness to share this.

Drum roll, please.

January - No Longer At Ease by Chinua Achebe
February - This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
March - Fine Boys by Eghosa Imasuen
April - The Neverending Story by Micheal Ende
May - The Housemaid by Amma Darko
June - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
July - White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
August - Emma by Jane Austen
September - Yellow Yellow by Kaine Agary
October - Young Wives' Tales by Adele Parks
November - Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor
December - From 3rd World to 1st World: The Singapore Story by Lee Kuan Yew

I'll put up book covers when I review (I will, I will!).

In other news, guess who read 300 books this year *dusts shoulder*

2013 Reading Challenge

Timendu has
completed her goal of reading 300 books in 2013!

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306 of 300 (100%)

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Booyah!

My next post, I'll let you know what my favourite books were, beyond the obvious 5 star ratings and why.

Merry Christmas, people!

PS. Eat some cake and drink a coke for me. Gracias!

Hey!

Been sick with typhoid. Tired. Deadlines still loom. And I'm the only one who cooks. It's that or risk food poisoning, or give all our money to Sweet Sensation.

So my days are now filled with sleep/rest, medicine, reading, very little writing, cooking, sleeping, and...checking up on my reading challenge tally.

Speaking of which, I've read way too many Nora Roberts'. I need a page without a Nora Roberts' book. That means the next twenty books should be Nora Roberts (or Diana Palmer) free.

Hmm.

Any suggestions?

PS. Here's what I'm reading now.

My Big, Fat, Supernatural Wedding by P.N. Elrod
The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams
Cure for The Common Life by Max Lucado
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
26A by Diana Evans
Earn What You're Worth by Nicole Williams

Going to bed now. No, wait, it's The Goo's bath time. A mother's work never ends.