Always Anna

The BF and I drove up to Vermont this past weekend – which, of course, means that he drove and I passengered.  I always fall asleep on long car rides – or any car trip that lasts longer than 30 minutes – which can be annoying to the BF when he doesn’t feel like staying awake either.  Without me constantly pestering him, what’s to keep him awake at the wheel?

This trip, we decided we’d try something new to keep me awake – a book on CD.  He tried this out on his last long car trip and it helped him stay awake and focused, so we thought it might be an entertaining way to spend our 6+ hours in the car.

We decided to go with The Essential Barack Obama set, which includes The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father.  Both books are read by Barack himself, which is cool, and both are books we have wanted to read but haven’t gotten around to yet.

We got all the way through The Audacity of Hope on the round trip, and all I can say is WOW.  This man is just so amazing – intelligent and well-spoken and empathetic and inspirational.  Listening to him speak the words he’s written, hearing the passion in his voice and the thoughtfulness in his tone, even listening to his attempts at a southern accent – all of these things combined had me sitting up straight for the whole car ride, gazing out the window and either nodding along with his thoughts or crying when I got overwhelmed by how much work there is to do to make our country a better place. 

We have a long drive from Boston to New Jersey, then from New Jersey to Vermont in August.  We’ll be listening to Dreams from My Father then.  I can’t wait!

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