December Doohickies Day 12

 

Today is my day off, but it's also the Lady's nurse check in day. She had a small procedure so I was busy this morning and into the afternoon. She's good and resting now so I'm chilling now. 

I have 3 books that I'm reading on and off today, A History of Women in America, Mistborn, and The Gunslinger (the dark tower book 1). 

That last one goes into what I've decided for one of my reading goals for 2026. I'm going to read a lot of Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Robin Hobb. 

I've loaded my kindle up with a lot of those writer's books. I have a boxed set of the Dark Tower series and a few other physical copies of other SK books.

I don't have anything planned today other than chilling and reading. I've caught up on Welcome to Derry, which is the only show I'm really addicted to nowadays, so I have nothing to watch. 

Anyone got any reading challenges for 2026 going on? What are your goals for next year? 

December Doohickies Day 10 and 11

 

So I missed an update yesterday, boo! I was on a roll, but I did have a very good day yesterday! I slept in, relaxed most of the day and had a very chill one! I did get some reading in and I did catch up on Welcome To Derry. 

Ya'll! This show is so so good! I won't spoiler anything but damn..this show had me gasping in shock and grossing me out and then in the next scene crying like a little baby! (If you know, you know!) 

I also finished up that Diddy doc on Netflix, it was mostly a curiosity watch...was decent. 

Today I have the day off and a few chores to get done but I don't work until later today. 

What are you doing today? Have you been watching Welcome to Derry? What do you think of it if you are? 

December Doohickies Day 9

 

I actually slept in this morning, I slept well and woke up actually feeling rested! I have had a productive day so far! I'm pretty much done with all my TO DO's so now I'm gonna read a bunch until I have to work! 

My day off is tomorrow so I do think that I'm going to be doing a personal readathon. I want to finish up one book by the end. I'm going to aim to wake up at 7am tomorrow and read until 1 or 2am. Of course, I won't be able to read straight through that time frame. I still have to do things for the Lady and some weekly chores, but that will give me a good chunk of time to be a lazy bookworm! 

Do you read holiday themed books during this time of the year? Do you have any Christmas-y books on your TBR? 

Just curious! 

December Doohickies Day 8

 

So today has been a bust in regards to reading...or really anything at all. I slept like crap last night. I woke up early. The lady had a nurse check in appointment, and that was about all I could do to not take a big long nap. 

After that, I did indeed take a nap and woke up with just enough time to make the lady some food and then get ready for work. 

Maybe I can get some reading done at work, but I am not sure. I'll do my best to make up for today, tomorrow. 

At least I managed to keep the streak alive! 

December Doohickies Day 7

 

It's a bit late, but I have had a pretty relaxed and chill day. Did my things, took a nice long nap and some meal prep. I have been reading on and off all day long. 

After this upcoming week, I do have more work hours put into my schedule so this upcoming week I am going to be squeezing more reading in as I can! I've got to shake this lazy streak with my exercise! So that's also going to be a priority too. 

This was a very short update, tomorrow I'm going to post about my reading goals! I am still hoping to get 10 books done, but it's not looking likely. So I may try to aim for 5, which with how slow I read that might be a high total but I'm going to give it a shot!

I'm also wondering about reading tracker apps. I know there's Goodreads, but I don't really like the format. Anyone got any good suggestions? 

How's your weekend been? I hope it's good! 

December Doohickies Day 6

 

Happy Weekend Everyone! Today is my "heavy work" day. I have two shifts today and some cleaning things I need to do. I've already spent some time reading in between the things and before my work. 

I got some reading done yesterday and last night too. 

I'm really enjoying Mistborn (first book) and can see myself diving right into the second one soon after! A History of Women in America is also very very interesting. That's what I've been reading first thing today, it's not as dry as some history books that I've read, so that helps my attention span stay focused. 

Tomorrow I just have my normal shift later in the day, but Sunday is usually my day of "reset" and meal prepping. I still should have quite a nice chunk of day to get some good reading sprints done! 

How are you guys liking these daily updates? 
Too much? Too boring (probably)?

See ya tomorrow! 

December Doohickies Day 5

 

Okies, I can officially say I'm on a roll with the updates! It's day 5 baby and I'm still doing it! 

I have a few things to do but otherwise it's a calm and relaxed day. My lady is doing well, she had her follow up check in with her nurse and she got the all clear. She had a rough couple of days but should be on the mend. I'm off work today so other than doing things for her I'm just gonna read and chill. 

I've relaxed my diet restrictions, just simply out of stress and lack of energy. I couldn't be bothered to stay on track (i know it's a bad excuse) when I was stressing over hospital calls, waiting on updates from her nurse/doctor, and getting her back home and settled in. So I will ease myself back into the swing of that. I haven't worked out either, so that's bad. Now I am planning on starting back this weekend. 

So after coffee, I'll get some of my to do's done and settle in with some coffee and a book. 

Reading these two again, I hope that this weekend and next week play nice and let me focus on reading more. 

How are you doing today?