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Terms of the Duel

New-Year's resolutions have a pronounced and infamous tendency to fall by the wayside by, say, the 1st of February. Perhaps, however, that is because they are resolved upon, adhered to, and discarded, by solitary individuals. Perhaps what's needed is some good old-fashioned competitive spirit.

The participants:

  1. Ilya Gandelman - desk jockey from 9-5:30, Monday thru Friday. Free time activities include, but are not limited to, writing, reading, watching tv/movies (very selective in this area!), eating Meredith's delicious food, playing with Gizmo, spending time with family and friends.
  2. Meredith Gandelman - also a desk jockey, from 9-6, Monday thru Friday. Free time activities include, but are not limited to, reading, watching tv/movies, cooking/baking for Ilya (and others), snuggling/playing with Gizmo and spending time with family and friends.

The resolutions:

  1. To read more books
  2. To watch less television
  3. To spend less money (by reading library books, and by making our way through unread volumes gathering dust on the shelves)
  4. To spend more quality time together with a shared interest

Therefore, the challenge proposed: who can read the most books in a year? On one side the wife, on the other the husband: who'll get the most volumes under her or his belt before 2015?

The rules:

  1. Books will be chosen independently. Any genre or subject is eligible.
  2. No second thoughts once starting a book. An uncompleted book is not counted, except of course as time lost. We shall have to choose carefully; and if a book seems to be disappointing, best to soldier on through to the end!
  3. A 300-page minimum. However, books briefer than 300 pages may be combined with others to count as one entry in the Duel.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

"Time is an optical illusion - never quite as solid or as strong as we think it is"

Pages read today (at this point, technically yesterday... so 1/18/14):  209 for Meredith, 92 for Ilya (62 of The Brothers Karamazov, 30 of What Maisie Knew)

 My thoughts on My Sister's Keeper will have to wait until tomorrow.  It is quite late, I just completed the book a few minutes ago and am still trying to recover from the intense emotional ride the last 15 pages or so took me on!  I will, instead, provide a brief update pertaining to our non-reading-related life, specifically involving our fur babies. 

Kali (our kitty) had to go in to the vet yesterday to have some teeth extracted and has been getting quite a bit of attention after her ordeal, as we watch her to make sure she is recovering all right.  Here she is with the spaced-out gaze of coming down from the anesthesia high.  She took it all like a champ and has proved the vet right in how she suddenly morphed into a happier, more energetic kitty (not sure why this is surprising, though... of course she's happier now that she's not in constant mouth pain!).





Gizmo has been quite distraught due to the amount of attention being paid to her, and so he has been spending most of his time sulking like this --------->
It's quite a tough life for a cute little dog. 

 






On an unrelated topic, after working too much overtime this week, there is the dreaded scratch in the back of my throat that can only mean illness is headed my way.  I'm counting on an intense regimen of Zicam and sleep to kick it to the curb.  Fortunately there is no work for me on Monday, so there is plenty of time to rest (and read!).  Let the intense sleep regimen commence now!



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