The "SXM: Vacation's Are For Reading & Relaxing. Yeah, Right!" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Punching the keys on my MacBook Air while my dear wife is sitting by the pool reading another book.  On days that we go to the beach, I take my Kindle with me for reading while Carol will be reading another book.  Some days I will dig out my iPhone and take off along the shore line to snap a few photos while Carol will be reading another book.  

My reading material.

We were on the island of St. Martin for 19 full days and during that time I read three Kindle books and an Alfred Hitchcock short story book while she read 14 books.  Now, how is that possible.  I would say that I probably took more naps than she did, but that wasn't the case.  She just reads faster than I do.  At least that's what she says.  She told me I read the same page a few times since I lose track of where I am in my Kindle due to looking at all the girls walking by my chair.  Nah!  Well, maybe!  I must admit that the books she read weren't real skinny ones or only printed on one side of the page.  She actually read 14 books!!  She and her friends Marg and Beth from Lancaster, and her friend Sue who lives in State College, PA exchange books all the time.  

She made me line up all these books she
allegedly read and take a photograph of them.

When she buys a book its like buying four books since after swapping books, the four girls only have to buy one each.  Now, for me, if 10 girls pass by my beach chair every hour, I can only read half a book a day.  While at our villa I usually grab my laptop to load photos onto it from my camera or iPhone while she reads.  I also take time to add a story to my blog daily while she sits reading a book.  So there you have it.  She actually reads all the time while I vary my vacation time.  We're both happy, so what's it matter if she reads almost ten times the amount of books I do.  It's just not fair that she gets to pile up all the books she reads while I have a skinny Kindle and an old book that I read maybe 50 pages in it.  And, to top that off, I have to pack half of her books in my suitcase since if she put them all in her suitcase we would have to pay extra for all the additional weight.  Oh well!  It's only vacation and no one really cares how much the other one reads.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

PS - I really think she only reads every other chapter!