I am the one who knows you/ I am the one you fear/ I am the one who's always been here

Time to take stock as we head into Q4. But first, how is this possible? What happened to 2014? How am I this old? What am I doing with my life?

Actually, as I was cheerfully getting in the elevator today with my lunch of falafel and hummus (today was yummy vegan day if you squint a bit and ignore the skim milk in my tea this morning), one of my elevator companions asked that very question of another elevator companion. "What am I doing with my life?" I hadn't intended for this post to be existential. After all, the answer is pretty obvious: working at my human rights NGO and working on my cutaway and taking expensive spin classes and getting ready to move in with Drew and surviving yoga. And, of course, trying to read a lot.

Anyway, we ended Q3 all right I guess. But I literally finished book 75 on the 29th of a 30 day month, so it's not like I'm ahead at all. I guess that's not a huge deal, except to the extent that Q4 is often a rough month for reading. It also means that I've not tried to tackle any of the long ones for awhile and I probably won't now this year if I want to stay numerically on track (even if that means I am setting myself up for pain in the long run).

Sadly, there are many non-fiction books that I want to read right now. Maybe I should just give up on sleeping.