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I know I've been pretty MIA lately and I'm so sorry about that.  I am still reading but my life has gone from crazy to completely ridiculous this year.  2015 has been ROUGH.  My daughter, in all of her toddler wisdom, has decided that sleep is completely unnecessary so we've been battling that.  No one ever tells that you toddlers have serious sleep issues too (I actually miss the newborn sleep issues, they're 10,000 times easier to deal with).  It got so bad we had to hire a sleep consultant!  It's slowly getting better but still far from where I want to be. 


In addition, my job and workplace has been like working in the looney bin; I've been swamped and there has been an excessive amount of workplace drama going on.  Some days it seems like we should have our own show, like 'The Office' because it's so bizarre here.

Sorry for all the whining, to my main point:  between work and home right now, blogging has kind of fallen to the wayside.  We've implemented changes to my daughter's sleep schedule that have made it impossible for me to have very much free time at home (my house is a mess, I can't exercise, etc.)  I'm hoping to adjust to this new normal soon but in the interim, please forgive me for not blogging very much.  I'm not ready to give up the blog yet but it's going to be a month or two before things get back to some version of 'normal'.

I will be attempting (hahaha) to participate in Dewey's Read - A - Thon this weekend so you can check on my progress (or lack thereof) on twitter (@so_many_books).  I foresee that most of my reading will be comprised of board books but I'm going to try to get some other reading in.  

Thank you so much for bearing with me during this time.

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  1. So sorry to hear about the sleep issues! I'm glad you could consult a sleep expert, though. Hopefully that will help.

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