Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

I completely spaced the ‘I’m taking a break’ post I was going to do on Thursday morning, because I was too busy getting ready to drive to Idaho with the kiddos and my nephew to surprise my dad for his 77th birthday celebration.  (Technically his birthday is today, but we took advantage of the Monday holiday.)  The trip went well–it sounded like the weather would make the trip there AND back dicey, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I feared it would be–and both my parents were happily surprised.  Hooray!  We got back on Monday evening, but I’d slept too poorly Sunday night (thanks to my soon-to-be-4-year-old!) to string coherent sentences together, and so here we are.

While we were at my parents’ house, I skimmed through a few books for the girlies on the treadmill AND read one of the graphic novels that’s been sitting in a pile in my room.   The skimmed books have migrated to the shelves in those girlies’ bedroom, but they pounced on the graphic novel shortly after I finished it, which means that Hereville:  How Mirka Caught a Fish is ready to go back to the library.  I’m a little sad about that, though; it brought a fantastic trilogy to an end, and who wants good things to end?  In Mirka’s 3rd adventure, Barry Deutsch not only nails another adventure story with Orthodox Jewish humor and flavor, he also takes a deeper look at the relationships in Mirka’s family, making for a conclusion even more satisfying than I expected.  (Also more chaotic.)  I’ve heard variations on tales of a wishing fish, but this is most definitely my favorite.  Don’t miss out on Mirka!