Service Readership
So this weekend is the drive from Austin to Boston. Three days. Two thousand miles. Are you jealous yet?
Bart will be driving the whole way, since I am not old enough to drive a moving van (and I’m obviously very very sad about that . . . ).
We’ve got four or five books on CD to listen to on Bart’s laptop (Maximum Ride (Book 1 and 2),The Hunger Games, and Enna Burning, so far), which should be a nice past time.
BUT! I am one of those people who has a hard time just sitting still listening to something. I need something to do with my hands while we drive and listen, with state after state flying by.
Any good suggestions?
Coloring! Like when you were little with coloring books and crayons and markers. It's fun! 🙂
Sing 100 bottles of beer on the wall several thousand times, or, you could start with 1 Million bottles of beer on the wall.
I like the idea of a large book of crossword puzzles and other puzzles
You could bring a hymn book and sing every song to Bart acapella many many times.
How about memorizing the whole New Testament?
One of our favorite car games is to pick something to memorize (last time it was the Family Proclamation) and have the person in shotgun read sentences aloud over and over. Then you try to recite by trading off every other word. Take it to the next level and start timing yourself and matching vocal inflections.
If you're looking for something more hands on, maybe you could memorize something in sign language.
Crocheting was the first thought that came to mind. What about crossword puzzles. I did one for the first time in a long time this week and now I'm totally addicted. Don't forget to bring a dictionary!
I'm not too crafty and like someone else said, all of that crafty stuff takes up space. I love games so I play games on my iPod or do sudoku. they also have those little electronic games like yahtzee or whatever. Although the bad thing is games mean you don't interact as much with Bart and then he gets sleepy or bored. The memorization thing is a great idea. You could also re-learn all of the scripture mastery or D&C 4 or something like that?? Have a lot of fun!
Oh wow, good luck on your trip! I usually end up driving so that I don't have to worry about having something to do with my hands. I doubt anyone would mind if you blogged in advance so we had some good stuff to read!
I was going to post yesterday and say sew quilt blocks or crochet – but thought it sounded too old fashioned! I'm excited to see how many other people have suggested it also – guess I'm not so out of the loop as I thought I was! Good luck – we enjoy car travels (or truck in your case)!
I really liked the m&m suggestion! 🙂 And cross stitching, though for me that might make me car sick. Hey, you could get some crayons and a coloring book and color while you listen to the books! Fun.
Forgot boondoggling!! Make all of your Christmas presents!!
Some friends of ours take stacks of Trivial Pursuit cards and just try to go through them for fun. Or, you could keep score, as we inevitably would.
There are a few books that have conversation-starting questions (like this one, although I can't vouch for it), and that might be fun for you and Bart. But I suppose you'd need to buy it, and maybe that wouldn't be worth it to you.
Does your 2,000 miles come anywhere near the Philadelphia area? Hmm? Hmm?
Look at and soak up the scenery! See how many different state license plates you see. Try naming the different plants. I seldom get bored riding in the car – well maybe between Winnemucca and Reno. 🙂