Then we talked for about an hour and a half. Really talked, for the first time in awhile. By the time were done, it was nearly 2am, and I knew I was going to be a mess trying to commentary. But I didn’t care.

All in all, I didn’t do too badly, but I was anxious to get home. By the time I got there a day later, Alice had already been asked about the book tour. She’d agreed, but only on the condition that she could do a joint tour with Jenny. It probably didn’t make a whole hell of a lot of sense to the publishers, since the two novels were very different, but I supposed that since they both dealt with sensitive subject matter they figured it’d turn out.

Alice was excited, but nervous. Jenny had asked Shane to go with them to do their hair before their speaking arrangements, and she’d agreed. She also said that I should come with so I could hang out with her while Jenny and Alice were off talking about their books or in meetings or whatever.

I agreed, mostly because Alice really seemed to like the idea. I also did it because I couldn’t imagine sitting around for weeks with nothing to do while she was on the road. In all likelihood I’d probably be watching all the shows she was on anyway.

We all got to fly places together, so that definitely made things better. I’d have roadtripped it with Shane if we’d had to; I had the Mercedes, after all. But I was allowed to go because I was Al’s wife, and since Shane was their own personal stylist she got to fly in the private jet too.

We all had a really good time. Al and Jenny’s careers were going great, and I think the tour helped. I didn’t have any more commentaries scheduled for a good two months, and some of my advertising income was starting to come in. Adidas and Fila wanted to hire me for campaigns, sort of a “comeback” thing. I’d called their reps before leaving on the tour and confirmed that I’d do it, but only if I could wait until the book tour was over. They said it was perfectly fine.