"She sucked in a breath with the exquisite pulse that came to life deep inside her. She slid her own hand down his body, cupping him, controlling him, pulling him toward her to satisfy her growing impatience. Primal passion took over. The birds called in the treetops, the waterfall cooled the raging fever of their skin, and Alex's rhythm matched the pulsating waves taking over their gleaming stretch of beach. Then the world seems to freeze. Her breathing stopped, and the sun disappeared, the trees went silent and she cried his name as the rainbow sensations washed over her again and again and again. His own cry was guttural, and the parrots took flight above them, a cacophony of surprise and confusion." Barbara Dunlop The Billionaire's Bidding, Silhouette Books.I've now been off the road now for two straight weeks. I'm waiting for my blood pressure to go down so I can get clearance to drive. It has not been a fun week. I've spent some time in a few bookstores reading different things. It is clear to me that I should stop wasting my time writing this truck blog and concentrate publishing on a book or two - about anything other than trucking. These romance novels seem easy enough. I might give that a whirl. In general, I can't believe the crap sold in bookstores. It's not about content, but whether or not you can find a agent to get your crap published. There are some good things. One example is a book about the day (9/ll) the Pentagon was hit. I read some of it, but at $27, I'll wait until it moves over to the $5.95 sale table in a year or so. If you're interested it's Firefight: Inside The Battle To Save The Pentagon on 9/11 by Creed and Newman - Random House.
Today the market dropped 400 points, oil jumped up again, Hillary's status is up in the air, the 4 day nationwide truck inspection deal is over and I went through the week caring about none of it. I got my OOIDA $45 renewal notice in the mail. I also got a request from OOIDA to contribute their PAC. I'm worried about paying my bills while I'm off the road. A commitment to $45 is tough right now. And what still pisses me off is OOIDA's reluctance to get rid of the "owner-operator" in their name. They just seem to want to hold at their current membership numbers, which is not good for me, who, as a company driver, has other issues I want addressed. As I've said before, I might be better diverting that $45 to joining AARP. Whatever, that's going to have to sit on the back burner for now.
