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November

Wow. Tired. And excited. The tour has been great. I’ve made some fabulous new friends and had a great time meeting and greeting. Day three was a long drive to Cottonwood California where we were fortunate to go to the Classic Books store. What an amazing group of women! They were having a “Girl’s Night Out” event and it was genuinely a great time. There was a festive air to the store that kept us going long after we left. The store was beautiful and so very well put together and the staff was incredibly accommodating. Good times.

Day four, we woke up early and hit the road to Reno. Josi hates backtracking so she reprogrammed Dora to lead us on a highway that cut through the mountains. Great choice as the scenery was beautiful! Misty mountains and snow frosted trees that were also covered in bright green moss. I’m pretty exhausted so I won’t really try at eloquence in descriptions other than to say it was worth every moment of driving. And we made great time. Josi wouldn’t let me stop to take pictures (she’s under the impression that it’s important to be on time . . . what’s up with that? KIDDING! I know we need to be on time) so I did the best I could out the window. I’ll include a few here so you can judge on my photos at 70 MPH outside a window with an Instamatic. I think I did okay

We made good time, so we had a few minutes to spare before our signing. We found a thriftstore not too far from the bookstore and decided to powershop. I found a wicked awesome black jacket, and Josi got a gorgeous red shirt. We paid three bucks each and felt proud of our . . . well, thrift.

Reno was fabulous. Again–a great staff, fun patrons and an all around good time. Loved joking around with everyone and getting to know them.

And on the road again BACK to California. we ended the day at Sacramento’s Deseret book where I was glad to greet the familiar face of Lori (who comes from my home town and is just lovely in every way) Lori works at DB and helped set up this signing. She is awesome! Josi was reunited with her sister and family and one of her friends. The singing was a blast, the people were excellent and we went to dinner with Josi’s sister and her family and it was wonderful. Good food, seriously wonderful women, and good conversation.

Josi’s sleeping. I should be too, but I can’t help but feel incredibly grateful to be on this journey. My last few months of life have been filled with tough decisions and changes I had no control over and it’s good to come to a place where I’ve decided to do what I love (write) and make it work. Josi’s been a huge supporter and it’s great to have someone like her who’s got my back (even if she won’t pull over to let me take a picture ) I miss my family and hope they miss me too. It’s tough being away, but it’s also good to know Mr wright has things under control.