This is for Daon

As a young adult, I read books ALL THE TIME!!! I would read fiction, non-fiction, romance, biographies. I would read super fast. If I like the book a lot, I would read it over and over again. I just loved to read!!



And.Then.Came.Law.School.



When I came to law school, I did not understand the number of humongous books I would have to read. It started with civil procedure, contracts, torts, etc. They all came with huge books to read in the class. You might think these would be interesting reads but oh no, quite dull and boring. They all had one thing in common - huge books, long books with teeny, tiny print. The Constitutional law book was gigantic.



Reading all of these books was required to pass through law school. It took up all of my time. I would spend every moment reading page after page of law cases and facts and opinions from judges.


It.sucked.the.life.out.of.me.



After law school, I could not pick up a book. My brain was too tired. My mind could not read another word. It is like the reading part of my brain had shut down. It stayed that way for a long time. LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME!!!




Then I started to notice what my mom or dad was reading. I started listening when my girlfriends were talking about a good book they read. And I decided to return to the land of the reading. I selected a "fluffy" chick-flick book. Nothing too deep. I wanted to ease back into the reading world. It felt good. It was liking putting on comfortable shoes. I could see myself making a full-fledge comeback and then................................



I got pregnant. Bye, bye reading. Well, not entirely true. I read pregnancy books. That's it.
Then I had Jillian and there was NO TIME to read.



Then I got pregnant again.......re-read pregnancy books. I had Rocco and now here I am. STILL NO TIME BUT.......



Why is this post titled "This is for Daon"??? My friend Daon is obsessed (I say this lovingly) with anything and everything about Twilight. So she inspired me to buy this......

It is my mission to read this book on my vacation. Can I do it???? We shall see. I'll let ya'll know!!!

Otherwise, I think this vacation is coming at the perfect time because I think the heat is slowly killing my hubby. Yesterday was 104 and his truck did not have any air conditioning. This was him last night at about 8:00 pm.

It will be awhile but I'll be back!!!