My favorite book of the moment is hands down: "Eat,Pray, Love"
and a description from amazon....
"A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want-a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be. To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world-all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way-unexpectedly. An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society's ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change."
I'm borrowing this book from my friend Vicky, well...Ive BEEN borrowing this book from her since June-ha! Its definitely one that you cant put down..but thanks to busy life I have to! So its taking me a bit to get through it, when usually I'd probably have it read in a couple days. Its very inspiring, it makes me want to jump on a plane to Italy and experience all the things she is describing! Right now I'm on her tales of India, but will be finishing it soon and moving on to Indonesia. I really want to finish it before the movie comes out in a couple weeks. I LOVE that they have Julia Roberts playing the author, she is one of my all time favorite actresses :)
I would def. reccomend this book- in a second. if you're reading this... GO GET IT!
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*sigh* joey left today. WELL he left saturday morning so we had this big goodbye and i cried like a baby as always, and then he got to come home that night-and last night (AWESOME!)-- so we got to do the big tearful goodbye again this morning. i know what youre thinking: we did a 15 month deployment PLUS some and this is just two weeks,right?
well yeah BUT- in the past year the longest we've been away from eachother is a night or two (thanks army..) so this sucks! im so used to him being with me- while he was deployed i was used to him being gone, when he was in germany same thing. AND ive never stayed in the house alone before. so its very lonely. the bed has NEVER felt more empty. two long weeks. LONG LONG weeks. thanks alot army.
im just gonna try to keep myself busy. gah i feel like he's deployed again! flashbacks or something lol, i swear army wives have a form of PTSD! ;)
anyhoo. Vickys coming over tonight and spending the night so thatll be fun. pizza movies,games,ect. sounds like a plan!
thats all for now!
cheers!
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