Barack <3s Libraries (And So Can You!)

I can't do my homework. Honestly, I can't. I left my backpack in the back of Brittany's car. Oh well. It's not like I was about to make a special excursion to go retrieve it. "Daddy, can I have the keys so I can go pick up my schoolwork and take on my responsibilities??" No. I could have said that if I wanted to, only I would've had to bring him along. Yes, kids, you are correct in assuming that I CAN drive a stick without stalling, finally. I even did some clever clutch work in front of Sam's Club today when I went over to get a bike lock at Dick's. I also bought some new shorts so I'm ready for self-disciplined exercise. Nothing like 3 new pretty pairs of running shorts to inspire me to hit the road, Jack.

I didn't have any homework this weekend anyway. If I really wanted to I could print out the euro packet from blackboard. But I might wait for that. Otherwise, all I'm missing is some art supplies and some reading material that I was planning on getting ahead with. I'll just have to hunt Britt down tomorrow and be like, I need my backpack please.

Yesterday I read a speech Barack gave to the ALA in 2005. (American Library Association- the one that makes all of those celebrity READ posters with good-looking celebrities on them. I have Orlando Bloom in my room, by the way. He's holding onto Lord of the Rings. Being the daughter of a couple with masters in library science, we get catalogs advertising these posters. Tim Gunn was in one recently.)

Anyway, where I was going with this, in the speech, he spoke about how important reading is, in this "knowledge economy". I like that phrase. He explained how there can be as many government regulations on teaching to tests as they see fit, but real knowledge that will give a child the opportunity to achieve something their parents didn't have the opportunity to is gathered from reading. Enrich your child's mind, nurture a love of reading. Thinking back to my younger years, my dad read to me at least 2 kiddie books a night when I was little, and when I went to the YMCA in the summers, I ended up spending most of my time reading Roald Dahl and R.L. Stine. In third and fourth grade my mom read me a chapter a night of Harry Potter, and since then I feel like I've chosen books over other things when I have free time. Maybe that's why I suck so bad at video games.

I guess I'm just thankful my parents are librarians and they brainwashed me into loving books. So yes, this weekend may not be the best example of how books have helped me, but overall, I feel like taking pleasure in reading is something that will help me as I go off in the world and take on stuff, whatever stuff may be.

I'm also thankful that my mom just handed me half a bag of popcorn. later, love.