It had to be about 10 years ago when my brother asked me what I did in my room when I was a kid and I was in there by myself for so long. My answer was simple and I told him, “Reading.” Duh! For my New Year’s resolution this year, that was just it, Reading. I set a goal for a number of books to have read by the end of the year.
I have read every day since January 1st. I saw a commercial when watching a YouTube video that talked about how much reading you need to do in order to average a book a week. My goal has been to do that much reading each day but my eyes have a different idea though.
I think it really stinks that I spent my lifetime being an avid reader, became an English teacher, taught and became the Reading Specialist after getting my masters degree and now, my eyes shake so I can’t focus on reading because of MS.
I’m not sure if it’s the heat, the humidity, the change in my routine (the MSU orientation), the fact that my knee popped out this morning, or a combination of all of them but my eyes are shaking and my speech is slurred. I just haven’t felt up to reading since Thursday. I can’t do audio books because I fall asleep while listening to them.
My eyes shaking and my speech being slurred are new developments but I am pretty sure that my knee pain has everything to do it! Hopefully Monday, my eyes will relax and I will be able to go back to reading. I would also like it if my speech stopped being slurred!