The Hazards of Type A (+ Book Review)

I have come to the realization that I am a lazy person trapped inside a Type A mentality.  It's an awful place to be.

We are not even mid-way into my first weekend off - haven't even made it to my first week off! - and I was up half the night trying to work out my fall schedule.  It's going to take divine intervention to balance three jobs and two classes, all at random times.  This is what I want to do, but I have no idea how it's going to pan, and thanks to my Type A nature, instead of enjoying this luxurious time off, I'm double fisting the comforter and staring wide-eyed at the ceiling all night.

When I'm in the midst of school-and-job chaos, all I do is day dream about laying around and reading all day.  When I'm able to lay around and read all day, all I do is ponder the next round of school-and-job chaos.

**sigh**

But I have my coping mechanisms.

The Ultimate Margarita that is as big as my head.  I was swimming in this Friday night.

Round 2 with The Russkie.  This is how it's done.

I am also working out like a champ.  If I could turn this into a lifestyle, I could lose 30 pounds and look like my super model self.  Speaking of champs, The Russkie ran a half marathon!  I was like, do you realize that's 13 miles?  She was like, Yes, I do.

And now, for the latest book:

Creatures of the Kingdom by James A. Michener

Have you ever read any books by Michener?  He is an interesting author; he didn't even start writing until he was in his forties, and he has cranked out about a million books, all of which are about 500,000 pages long.  It's unbelievable.  Creatures of the Kingdom, though, is totes manageable.

It's a culmination of many short stories about the geological formation of various areas (like the Hawaiian Islands and parts of Colorado) as well as animals that lived and evolved in these, and other, areas over time.  There are stories about dinosaurs, horses, snakes, armadillos (my favorite!  It's hysterical!), dogs, crabs, trout, bison, mammoths, mastodons, and even squirrels.  If you are not an animal person, you will not enjoy this book.  If you are an animal person, (1) you must read it immediately, and (2) you must be prepared for bad things to sometimes happen.  It's akin to watching nature programs on the Discovery Channel: just when you grow close to that furry little seal, the shark appears from below and devours it.  C'est la vie.

Michener's writing is beautiful and incredibly comprehensive.  I feel like I've just experienced a billion years of evolution and I need a break.  The lazy is overpowering the Type A.

Happy Sunday, peeps!  I hope you're off tomorrow in honor of Memorial Day.