I slept in a little, then worked out a little (as opposed to a normal workout)
today. The point is to be wide awake for my Big Drive, on the theory that in the
grand scheme of things, being conscious while driving six hours is much better for
my health than any amount of exercise.
In pursuit of the same goal,
I stopped by the library yesterday to pick up an audiobook, because I'm getting a
little tired of most of my CDs. I couldn't decide between them, though, so I ended
up taking out 5 different ones, then rationalized my indecision by saying this
will allow me to listen to whatever I feel like, or whatever keeps me awake most
effectively. I'm a little leery of audiobooks, because the only full length one we
have is Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, and much as I like both the book
and Jim Dale, I always fall asleep as soon as we pop in one of the tapes. We've
only tried it when Rudder was driving, though.
For the sake of
posterity, or at least future reference, the audiobooks I got (though they aren't
all really books) include How the Irish Saved Civilization, Pride and
Prejudice, Stephen King's On Writing, English as She is Spoke,
and a radio version of two Cary Grant movies, Mr. Blandings builds his Dream
House and The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. I've read the second and
third of those several times, but since I don't mind rereading, figure I shouldn't
mind re-listening. I'd been meaning to read the first, having enjoyed a later book
by the same author. The radio movies are apparently by the original cast;
apparently it was common to finish a movie then go redo it for the radio. I would
have thought it would hurt movie ticket sales. Maybe it did and that's why they
stopped?
I know this is all vast overkill, but I tend to react to
being nervous by planning events like a military campaign. Hey, it works for me.