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parents nationwide. Gretchen, Rubin, welcome to the mom room. I heard that you just got off of a book

tour for your new book. What was that like? What is a book tour like? I feel like it's kind of like

rock star, like you're touring,

meeting people. Not the way I picture rock stars traveling, but it is fun. I mean, and it's intense.

A lot of writers are pretty introverted and don't love getting out and about, but I really enjoy

that part of it. I find it very energizing, and I love to hear what other people are thinking about

and talking about I did do ten cities in ten days and I felt like I should like sacrifice a goat

on the tarmac of LaGuardia airport to like get the gods of the airports to bless me because

it felt like impossible that that would be work. But it did. I had amazing travels.

And then I came home for two days and then left again to do a whole Florida piece. And that worked

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