One of my favorite parts of the trip to Negril is hanging out in this little hammock hut Oceanside and reading (well, this often turns into napping, that's another story). Both my wife and I are pretty avid readers, and we both "save" books for the trip. I have a couple that were put out 5-6 months ago on my reader which I really, really want to get started on... But, I have saved them for enjoyment on the island. As we are now only 6 weeks out from the trip, I have been going through my list and making sure I've got everything I need/want to take with me. On the reader, I have 19 books I saved. Nineteen. Not a chance on this earth I will read nineteen books in 11 days. I think I overdid it.

Still, not as overdone as a woman we met 12 or so years ago (pre kindle/iPad days) who actually brought an entire suitcase of books for the trip.

I am so excited to go this year... Cannot wait to unwind from an entire year of stress.