Lightweight Eats

Hello from the East Coast. That's right—another day of travel in the books. My day started bright and early with a 5am wake-up. Good thing the days are so long right now. We had enough time to sit down to eat breakfast before we were on the road.

Many thanks to my grandparents for lending us a car so Dan could drive me to the airport this morning! On the first flight, I was lucky enough to have an empty seat in my row, so I curled up in the window and tucked in to a good book.

Yesterday, as I was packing, I logged on to our local library's website and browsed the available titles—for electronic download. I'm finally finding ways to use the internet productively, rather than just staring into the empty spaces filled by memes and celebrity gossip. I made a huge wish list of books I'd like to read, although many of them were already checked out.

Ultimately, I settled on one ebook and one audiobook—Born to Run and a Jack Reacher novel.

Never a fan of headphones for long periods of time, I decided to start with the ebook. I don't think a flight has ever gone by so quickly.

In fact, during my layover in Minneapolis, I couldn't decide whether I wanted to run laps around the airport or finish the book. I opted to walk the airport, which was ultimately a great choice.

My last visit to MSP was memorable in a bad way. After spending nearly 45 minutes wandering its terminals in search of fresh produce to eat, I came up empty handed save a very brown, overpriced banana. This time, although I'd packed enough food to see me through the following morning, the food selection looked much more friendly, fresh and healthy. Not to mention there was a 1.4 mile marked walking loop in the airport. I would definitely schedule a long layover here, pop my bags in one of their lockers and jog some laps!! Great people watching and window shopping along the way.

The second flight was also uneventful, other than chomping my way through another 100 pages of Born to Run. After landing at La Guardia, and making the drive up to GMS, I'm all tucked in watching my own personal fireworks show thanks to the neighbors. Quad selection camp starts tomorrow morning at 6am. More on that to come...