How to Come Back After an Extended Hiatus

So if you haven't noticed, I haven't posted on here in... months. After putting my soul into this blog for two years, I just dropped off the face of the planet. Real life got in the way of doing what I love. I was in a car accident in July that left me with some medical issues, and put me in a financial, and mental, rut. I got a second job, and became a year older. I got hooked on kdramas and anime, and fell for a jerk who screwed me over. Now that I'm slowly finding my way back, I decided that I needed to post again because I miss this blog, I miss books, and talking to all the lovely people.

Now the question is... 

How do you come back after months of being away?

1) Freak Out a Bit

2) Find a Support System (in my case, it's my cat, and my wonderful co-blogger Jenn)

3) Come Up With A Plan (Then Realize That It Sucks)

4) Chillax

5) Catch Up on Some Reading

6) Eat A Lot of Ice Cream/Chocolate/Sugar

7) Meditate (or take a nap)

8) Dance Off Emotions

9) Try to Remember How Blogger Works

10) Hit The Post Button

It's good to be back! I hope you all will bear with me as I adjust back into the life of an obsessive blogger. I also want to thank Jenn for being so patience with me, and for being my rock. She's the best. And thank you for reading!

*All GIFS are linked from Tumblr, and can be found by searching "anime gifs." I do not own any of them.

How to Know When You Are in a Reading Slump: Based on a True Story

So my presence in the blogging world has been quite lax lately. "Why is that?" you may be wondering. Well, it's a combination of things:
1) I had an overwhelming semester, and I was desperately trying to keep up my GPA.
  *SPOILER ALERT* I did. 4.0, baby!
2) My family is going through a difficult time that has me in a funk.
3) I am in a total reading slump, and all the books that I've read lately have left me feeling "blah."

So I present to you:

How to Know When You Are in a Reading Slump: 

Based on a True Story

1) You spend a lot of time perusing the interwebz, often finding books you want to read but not actually reading them.

 

2) You keep buying books even though you already have full shelves of unread books, and even after you buy new ones, you don't read them.

3) You can name more anime (or movies or television shows) that you've watched lately than books you've read.

4) You spend more time talking/cuddling/snuggling/kissing your cat (or other pets) than a book.

5) You Google Tom Hiddleston reading e.e. cummings rather than pick up a book of poems.*

6) Your friends ask you for a recommendation of a book that you've read recently and you go blank.

7. You get a good night's sleep.

8) You actually spend enough time with your friends and family for them to remember how awkward and asocial you are.

9) Your house, car, body and clothes are super clean.

10) You want to read, but are going absolutely bonkers trying to find a book that sounds good enough to satisfy you.

Sound familiar? I hope I'm not alone! As I try to get my butt outta this slump, I will be around the blog more and more. You'll probably get sick of me. For now, if you have any recommendations, PLEASE SHARE.

*Uhm, I suggest you do this anyway.