Number of miles driven: Many.
People who made fun of my sweater from passing cars: 4
People who complimented my sweater on the street: 1
Number of polka dots on my sweater: Somewhere around 10
Books signed: 20ish.
Number of embarrassing phone calls to book stores to ask if they were carrying my book with a disguised voice so they wouldn't recognize me when I came in later to sign books: More than I'd like to remember.
Feet of turkey sandwich eaten: 1.
Amount of dollars spent on sandwich: 5
My appreciation for Subway: limitless.
Number of celebrities seen at breakfast: 2 (author's note: Flea and Natalie Portman...I'm pretty sure they didn't come together).
Number of people who recognized me on the street as "YA sensation Ben Esch": 1
Number of above people who weren't related to me: 0.
Number of times my brother referred to me as "YA sensation Ben Esch": 1 (Author's note: my brother is awesome.)
Amount of bookstores that sold out of Sophomore Undercover: 1 (Author's note: my relatives were repping me pretty hard in the greater Madison area).
Thanks again for all your support, guys. More book release news to come tomorrow. Also, I promise I'll show you a picture of my "lucky book signing sweater" but just don't make fun of me about it. I'm kind of in a delicate place right now.