Post by dillydally on Oct 26, 2017 20:42:11 GMT -7
1. Cats who sit on your book, between you and your Kindle, or just generally make a pest of themselves while you engage with anything other than them! 2. Husband/spouse/significant other, who, normally a quiet person, will start blethering on fit to beat the band, right when you have reached the part of the book you have been dying to reach, i.e., the smex scene, the denouement, or whatever. And they refuse to shut up!! Bear in mind, that this is the ONLY time they do this!
3. Concentration. You realise this when you discover you have read the same sentence 25 times without being able to understand the meaning of the words, or, in fact, have any memory of the words at all.
4. Unexpected visitors. Do I need to say any more?
5. There's nothing you fancy. You may very well have 12,000 books in the cloud, but there's nothing appealing! Not one. Even the books you just bought don't appeal. There's something wrong with ALL of them.
6. Eye strain. The fact that you've read 42 or more books in the past few days, makes no difference. This should NOT happen, period.
7. The weather. It's too hot, too cold, too wet, you can't hear yourself think because the wind/rain/thunder/lightning is too loud. The sun's too bright. It's too overcast.
8. The neighbours. How can anyone think with the party going on next door? And why must they start right when you want to read?
9. The neighbours. Why are they revving their engines over there? And why is my prayer for those engines to blow up not working?
10. The neighbours. Do they have to throw their empties in the recycling bin with so much force? What are they doing? Standing on the roof to get this effect?
11. The neighbours. Why is my prayer to melt all the wires to their stereos not working? Or the one to short-circuit the stereos in their cars? Why doesn't God love me any more?
12. Housework interrupts perfectly good reading time. And for what? We only have to do it all again tomorrow, after all.
Ahem.
Okay, so that's probably enough kvetching for the moment. Anyone else have problems reading?
Last Edit: Oct 26, 2017 20:42:41 GMT -7 by dillydally
I can relate , but my neighbors thank God and the universe are quiet. Mine includes:
1) My significant other decides then he wants to have a conversation or he ask for help in finding his missing shirt, snack, remote, or folder for work. (something is always missing when I'm sitting with my kindle or a book) 2) The dog decides she wants to cuddle. 3) Someone decides that's the moment to call me. No an hour ago when I texted, not two hours ago when I wasn't reading. 4) My favorite reading snacks are gone, even the emergency stash 5) After searching for something good to read you find something but you have to make dinner.
I can relate , but my neighbors thank God and the universe are quiet. Mine includes:
1) My significant other decides then he wants to have a conversation or he ask for help in finding his missing shirt, snack, remote, or folder for work. (something is always missing when I'm sitting with my kindle or a book) 2) The dog decides she wants to cuddle. 3) Someone decides that's the moment to call me. No an hour ago when I texted, not two hours ago when I wasn't reading. 4) My favorite reading snacks are gone, even the emergency stash 5) After searching for something good to read you find something but you have to make dinner.
Would that be the shirt/snack/remote/folder, that if he twitched something two centimeters to the left, he could have found it himself?
Just FYI, it's really difficult for someone to call you if you put your phone on hold. Not that I'm evil, or anything...
Post by Banana Boat on Oct 27, 2017 7:28:50 GMT -7
In regards to calls - If I didn't call them to begin with then I don't want to talk with them. If its important they can leave a message! Stop bothering me!
3) Someone decides that's the moment to call me. No an hour ago when I texted, not two hours ago when I wasn't reading. .
Rachael from Card Services. (Maybe this is only a US thing, but that woman is on my last nerve. Lol.)
It's never the same person for me, and it's usually about my utility bills or late payments. (scammers, no matter how many times I add my name and number to the do not call list, it still happens.) My significant love troll muffin usually takes my phone then and tells them he's an Caribbean prince stuck on Mars.
dillydally - I used to have a constant problem with any one of my three cats sitting right in front of my ipad. My hubby solved this for me by buying me an armature type device that connects to the table next to the bed and holds my iPad up. It swivels and adjusts. I LOVE it. I try to remember this when he starts gabbing right when I'm about to get to the best part of a naughty scene ( I swear that man has radar).
I can certainly identify with point 5 -- "There's nothing you fancy. You may very well have 12,000 books in the cloud, but there's nothing appealing! Not one. Even the books you just bought don't appeal. There's something wrong with ALL of them." It's curious how true that is.
I was going to add that dearth of chocolate is an impediment to reading but that's likely covered by linviolet's -- "My favorite reading snacks are gone, even the emergency stash "
The fact that it's 3:00am, and I really should have been asleep three hours ago can be a serious impediment!
How about when everything is lined up perfectly.. 1- kiddos are asleep 2- cup of tea made, with cookies on the side 3- pjs on 4- finally, finally! found that book that you've been looking for And... 5- the hubby, who normally has something else to do like, watch sports or poker or ANYTHING else, turns around and says... "Want to watch a movie? It's been a while since we've had time to ourselves...."
Ugh! Who needs quality time with your significant other?! Lol
Or your IPad, kobo or Kindle is dead and you need to charge it, but the cord is too short. So now, you have to put off reading. Again.