Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

I really thought last week was going to be the week I successfully got back into my routine after break, folks. And I posted so nicely on Monday and Wednesday! I kept meaning to on Friday, too, but the day and its tasks got away from me, and so here we are. (At least I’m posting on a Monday holiday?) We had a (mostly) chill family weekend, with my son passing the sacrament in church for the first time (he said he wasn’t that nervous) and a fun day of family games afterwards. (He also had his first official basketball game of the year on Saturday.) Today we had pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and then, after taking my 14-year-old to therapy, the kids and I headed over to Classic Fun Center. I parked at a table and finished 3 magazines and a graphic novel, while they skated, scooted, jungle-gymmed, and laser tagged (yes, I know those last two aren’t really verbs, and I don’t care). A nice arrangement all the way around!

As far as the graphic novel went, we’d read another graphic novel by J. Torres, so I figured we’d try Lola: A Ghost Story; it wasn’t, however, quite what I expected. For one thing, the title feels a bit misleading, given that Lola is only a memory by the time the book takes place. For another–it’s creepier than I expected, and open-ended. The description on the back implies that Jesse comes to a decision and plans to act upon it by the end of the book, and that’s not exactly what I got. (To be fair, ‘Ghost Story’ is an apt description.) Its most likely audience is going to be kids (or graphic novel readers) with ties to (or an interest in) the scarier side of Filipino folklore; I don’t regret having read it, particularly, but I also wouldn’t have particularly regretted not having done so.

Do with that what you will.