Good morning bookie people!!! 🙂 I am sooooooo not ready to take off for Illinois today but on the other hand I am soooooo excited to go. I haven’t seen my son since December 14th when we drove him to Fargo to board the plane for boot camp. I am wondering how he has changed, what he looks like, what he has learned, what it was like……. I cant wait to talk to him!
I sit here this morning in full facial mask (uhh….yeah, wanted to look nice), hair all twanked out and Coffee Cup being extremely supportive next to me. The suitcases remain half packed from Florida and I need to change them out a bit for Illinois. I am trying to think if there is anything I should be bringing and my head is so foggy and tired that I am coming up with nothing. Perhaps another cup of coffee before we take off…
Reading material is set – I actually have prepped three different sets of audio books for our listening enjoyment: Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova, Absolute Power by David Baldacci, and Hope For Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall. It is a 9 hour drive and I want to be set for whatever mood…. 🙂
The featured book of the trip is Wounded by Claudia Mair Burney. I am really excited about this book and am hoping Al will take the first shift of driving so I can slip into it yet this morning. Back up books are Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher and I Have Seen Him In The Watchfires by Cathy Gohlke.
I will have Lap Top with of course so I will pop in when I can and I have an exciting review coming up yet today for Walking On Broken Glass by Christa Allan.
**I linked all the books today to Amazon so you can check them out – I am an Amazon Associate and that means if you purchased from that link I would receive a small percentage of the sale.
Book Journey 
And she’s off again! What are you going to do with yourself when you’re home for a whole week?!
Have a great time in Illinois!
Laura Hartness
Safe travels. Please give your son my thanks.
Have a great time and a safe trip!
Wow – when you guys go on road trips, you really do travel. Nine hours driving – uggh! I hope you have a fab time with your son.
Sounds exciting! Especially the part about seeing your son again…and I know from experience that they look like different people after boot camp!
Happy reading!
Have a wonderful trip – and please tell you son we appreciate all he does! ((HUGS))
Have a safe trip! It sounds like you are well prepared!
Safe driving and happy reading.
I’m still waiting for my copy of Walking on Broken glass! I’m so excited to read it and have her scheduled for next month.
I’m reading my first Baldacci novel right now.. and going to be posting a review on it today. Interesting stuff -but different from my normal reads.
Congratulations on your son’s graduation! Have a safe trip 🙂
How exciting! Hope you have a wonderful trip !
Hope you were able to get enough laundry done to go in clean clothes! Oh wait–you will need entirely different clothes to go to Illinois than you needed for Florida!
I remember how I felt going to see my son for his Marine basic training graduation. I missed him so much.
Have a safe trip!!!
Travel is so much fun, except when it isn’t. Packing and unpacking, with trips back to back? Not the funnest part.
Take very warm clothes! I used to live in a suburb of Chicago. In Feb. only the hardiest souls get out and when they do their words freeze so they have to wait until spring thaw to find out what they said. 🙂 Too corny, I know – just couldn’t help it as I remember the frigid wind off Lake Michigan. Brrrr!
Have a wonderful time! I know how tired you must be, but I also know what it’s like to get that second wind just knowing you are going to be able to spend some time with a loved one.
Have a wonderful time with your son! Safe travels!
Have a great trip!
Have a safe trip and enjoy those audio books. Know it will be great to see your son again.
I hope you really enjoy your trip. Try not to cry to much, but you are expected to cry some.
Sounds like you have great books on the ready to go.
Since I’m working the blogs backwards, Know the trip up was good. Hope you were able to listen to most of the books.