A productive day

Well, that's what I am hoping for at least. I was able to get an application ready, I plan to get it in the mail tomorrow. Yeah! 1 down, many more to go, but I'm hoping that I get a positive response from this one. It seems like it will be the best fit for me as far as employment goes. Their specific job is investigations. That is what I enjoy, and the part that I am best at. It means 16 moe weeks down in GA if I make it, but so do most of the other places I am looking at. The hardest thing will be stomaching that food for 16 more weeks. That last 10 was 10 weeks too many.

My next challenge for the day is to finish some books I'm reading. I am in the middle of 5, count 'em 5, books! I need to finish some of them! 1, I keep getting interrupted everytime I pick it up. It never fails, I only get a page read and them something comes up and I have to put it down. I really want to get into it, but I never get the chance.

I started on another one a few weeks ago, and it weirded me out. I really want to read it because the story sounds like it will be a good one, but not only is it written in first person, which is weird to me in itself, it is written in the present tense. Like... I say goodbye to him and walk to my truck. It's too weird trying to read it. I've never seen another book written like that. It's always, I said goodbye and walked out to my truck. I can't seem to wrap my mind around this thing.

I started a 3rd that looked interesting, but is turning out to be a real disappointment. I already figured out who the bad guy, or girl in this case, and I'm not beyond chapter 2.... that is supposed to be the big climax of the story. The author gave it away too quickly. I'm all for showing who the bad guy is, as long as that isn't supposed to be the big surprise at the end.

Book 4 is a book with 3 short stories in it. The first one is pretty interesting... I'm a little more than halfway through it, but I can't seem to want to pick it back up. The rest seem like I'll like them as well, but I don't know.

Book 5 I have been reading for over a year. It is an encyclopedia of crime throughout the years 1800-2004. It is written like a bunch of newspaper articles. I'm not expecting to finish it anytime soon, and I've made some great progress on it over the last week, but I'd like to get a little further into it.... I hope to finish it before I get old and more grey than I already am.... for those who aren't aware, I started getting grey at age 15. I now have a streak of grey running through my hair. It is all concentrated in one area. Everybody asks if I dye it that way.... nope.

But anyway, back on topic, I just ordered the DaVinci Code. I heard it is supposed to be an interesting read. It is supposed to be here before the end of the week. That's why I really want to get through some of these books. My TBR pile is already overwhelming, I don't want to add anymore to it.

The other project is the WIP. I managed to open it on Sunday.... a shameless attempt to avoid some of my family (my mother's side of the family's christmas). Opening it is about as far as I got. Too much noise to concentrate.

Anyway, I better be off if I wanna get any of this done. Luckily the only step left for the first task is addressing the envelope.... item 1, check.... now onto item 2 *crosses fingers*