Short Vacation...
Well, my plans for the time off I had for Christmas "vacation" came to an abrupt stop yesterday. Brian, our receptionist, called me yesterday and told me that his mother had passed away on Christmas Eve and he wondered if I could cover the front desk for him. Of course my response was "Sure. No problem." There would have been no way that I could have told him "No" in a situation like this. If I would have even considered telling him that I couldn't take over for him, my conscience would have kicked into overdrive.
Last night I planned ahead for the lack of things to do while I would be watching the front desk today. Taking this into consideration, I downloaded a book onto my iPad to read. I have always liked reading, but haven't had that much time the last few years. For Christmas, me and Dad bought Mom an Amazon Kindle Fire. Setting up her Kindle Fire put me into the mood to read again.
The book I downloaded last night, I had read about before. It is "Double Take: A Memoir" by Kevin Michael Connolly. It is about a young man who was born without legs. In this book he tells about his trials and tribulations with sports and people's reactions to his situation. Today I managed to read about half of the book, and I am ready to pick up where I left off tomorrow. I'm not at the end of the book yet, but so far I highly recommend this book. It has given me a new perspective on people who are in a handicap situation.
Considering the speed at which I am going through "Double Take", I decided to go ahead and download another book onto the iPad. I'm pretty picky about books, so I had to do some research on what to get next. On Amazon they have "Readers who bought this also bought..." and for "Double Take" there wasn't much to go by. I did another search based on a book I had read a few years back, "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom (great book, by the way). The results for what other readers had bought came back with a book called "The Five Lessons You Learn After You're Dead" by Chris McElwain. The book title caught my eye and the description looked like it would be a good book...if the grouping with Mitch Albom says anything, then it should be a good book.
There should be even less work to do tomorrow, so I am seeing even more reading time in my future to tomorrow!
Last night I planned ahead for the lack of things to do while I would be watching the front desk today. Taking this into consideration, I downloaded a book onto my iPad to read. I have always liked reading, but haven't had that much time the last few years. For Christmas, me and Dad bought Mom an Amazon Kindle Fire. Setting up her Kindle Fire put me into the mood to read again.
The book I downloaded last night, I had read about before. It is "Double Take: A Memoir" by Kevin Michael Connolly. It is about a young man who was born without legs. In this book he tells about his trials and tribulations with sports and people's reactions to his situation. Today I managed to read about half of the book, and I am ready to pick up where I left off tomorrow. I'm not at the end of the book yet, but so far I highly recommend this book. It has given me a new perspective on people who are in a handicap situation.
Considering the speed at which I am going through "Double Take", I decided to go ahead and download another book onto the iPad. I'm pretty picky about books, so I had to do some research on what to get next. On Amazon they have "Readers who bought this also bought..." and for "Double Take" there wasn't much to go by. I did another search based on a book I had read a few years back, "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom (great book, by the way). The results for what other readers had bought came back with a book called "The Five Lessons You Learn After You're Dead" by Chris McElwain. The book title caught my eye and the description looked like it would be a good book...if the grouping with Mitch Albom says anything, then it should be a good book.
There should be even less work to do tomorrow, so I am seeing even more reading time in my future to tomorrow!
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