We had a great time on the fieldtrip yesterday! Well, outside of the bus ride from Hell. Anytime you are on a bus with fifty fourth graders, it’s Hell. We went to the Ferbank Science museum, which had this really, really cool exhibit on frogs. They even had an Ecudorian blow dart gun and the darts on display. I had five girls in my group. I made them all read how the natives get the poison from the frogs for the darts before I’d let them leave the exhibit. One kid said, “That makes me sick.” (They roast them while they’re alive so they’ll sweat.) BWAHAHA. There was also a fabulous shell display. And the IMAX movie was on the sea with Sting doing all the music. Very cool. There was some incredible footage of surfers riding the waves. Makes me wish I had an ounce of co-ordination because I think surfing would be such an awesome experience. Alas, not in this lifetime. :(

On the endurance test afterwards (more commonly known as the bus ride back to school), I turned on my brain, put on my earphones, and read. I was so into my book, I hated to look up and realize we were back at school. This is one of the perks of being a writer and having friends who are writers–sometimes you get advance book copies. I’m readng Rita Herron’s A Breath Away, a romantic suspense. Put it on your MUST BUY/MUST READ list now. It’s great! I am using all my willpower not to give into temptation and read it instead of working.

Hmmm. Okay. My reward for hitting my page count today–instead of sneaking off and reading–is a manicure/pedicure and then some serious reading time. Yahoo! If I have to stay up all night tonight, I WILL find out what happens in this book.

Jen