Big Talk

After all of my big (somewhat whiny) talk yesterday about goals and plans and milestones and ideals...I picked up my book and read, quite literally, all day long.  I read in bed, I read in the study, I read outside on the back porch during a rain storm.  I read while Jason watched TV and I kept reading until midnight.  I have not done that in a very long time.  The pajamas-all-day thing or the reading-all-day thing (although in the past, the two have always gone hand in hand).

I did not go anywhere.  I did not run.  I did not ride my bike.  I did not go for a swim at the gym.   Jason came and went, and every time he returned he found me somewhere, nose in book. 

So what am I reading that is so amazing?  I am reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson."  At first it was a little slow and thick with heavy details, and I could not figure out why I was reading about certain characters or how they fit into the story.  I pressed on, however, until I was hopelessly sucked in and there was no getting out.  Until midnight when I made myself put it down.

I knew I had to get some sleep in order to be able to run with my friend, Shannon, this morning at 6:30.  Before I got into bed, I set the coffee pot to start brewing at 5:15.  Somehow, I knew I was going to need it.  Before walking into the kitchen, I stood in the bedroom in a moment of indecision.  A few more minutes of sleep or coffee before the run?  Coffee won.  I knew if I crawled back in, I would be more tired and sluggish than I currently was.

I haven't been lost in a book like that in a long time.  Before picking up "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," I was reading "Born to Run."  This one was of course, amazing, informative, funny and inspiring.  But once I had purchased "The Girl" I put it down with only a chapter or two to go.  I do not yet know who wins the race with Caballo's team of ultra runners and the Tarahumara.  I will return to it as soon as I finish "The Girl."  I will probably need something lighter to bring me back to my own, familiar world.