Random Thoughts

First a confession, I am reading Lauren Conrad's young adult novel L.A. Candy and I hate to say it but I am really enjoying it.  So much that I will most likely read her sequel and any others that come out in the series.  We all have to have our guilty pleasures, right?  Actually it's to the point where I have Tess Gerritsen's new book waiting for me and I don't want to stop reading this one- Tess Gerritsen is one of my favorite authors and I look forward to when she publishes a new book.  So it is kind of scaring me that I am not super excited to drop the current book and lunge into Gerritsen's new one.  What are my literary interests coming to?

And another confession, I have had my Droid X phone for a few months now and I was super excited to be getting it, but do you think I have used it to its full potential yet?  No.  I have limited myself to reading email, blogs, facebook posts, and newspapers.  Why am I not taking advantage of all the cool apps?  Tonight will be download a bunch of fun apps on my phone night since I need to justify having such a great phone and using very little of its capabilities.

This Saturday I am taking the little girl I mentor to the Palm Beach Zoo and I don't know who is more excited about this.  What could be better than spending the day at the zoo especially when they just got an exhibit of koala bears!  Be on the lookout for lots of pictures of the adorable animals. 

Big Brothers, Big Sisters

A few months ago I applied to become a mentor in the Big Brothers, Big Sisters program.  Mike has been a mentor to a nine year old boy, AJ, for a little over a year now and it has been such a great experience for him that it made me want to participate too.  I met with my new "little sister" tonight for the first time and she is an adorable, patient eight year old girl who loves Disney and arts and crafts.  She is talkative and warmed up to me quickly and best of all, her mom is hoping that I can help her with her reading since it hasn't become a favorite hobby just yet.  Of course my mind started brainstorming of all the books we could read together in our own mini-bookclub and all of the activities we can do related to those books.  But first we are going to go bowling Monday night to get to know each other a little better (this was the first thing Seschay mentioned when asked what she loves to do).  I'm excited about starting this mentor program with her and hope that things work out well for a long friendship.