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Off to Scotland tomorrow

Rach91

I’m off to Scotland tomorrow for my dad’s wedding. My dad has come down to South Wales today and tomorrow we are driving back up. Nice early start tomorrow morning dreading the journey up. How can I keep myself entertained? How do I stay awake when I arrive at the house. I am looking forward to the hotel stay and Lucy will stay over my dads and I can have a dog free night and a bubble bath. 

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  • Rach91 said:
    How can I keep myself entertained?

    I would recommend against trying to read as the constant movement in the car makes it hard work for the eyes to keep the position and it is likely to give nasty headaches.

    Instead I load a batch of TV shows or films onto my iPad or laptop and watch these with headphones.

    However, since your dad is coming all that way to get you then the socially expected thing to do is to talk with him, share some quality father / daughter time and show you care about the things going on in his life.

    If you need to start the trip in the early hours of the morning then try to sleep a bit when the trip starts and keep yourself in the routine sleep-wise. This way you will be awake as normal even when you arrive.

    I would think of a long list of things to talk about with your dad, especially around the wedding and also about your plans, but keep the main focus on him since it is his big day and he is doing all that driving.

    Perhaps practice conversations with him, listen to see if you can spot a hook to ask a question about what he said? Don't talk about you unless asked and see if you can let him do most of the talking.

    Once the wedding starts then he will probably be really busy so you can focus more on yourself then.

    That would be my approach rather than keeping myself to myself with entertainment. If I was travelling alone then it is a ditterent story.

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  • Rach91 said:
    How can I keep myself entertained?

    I would recommend against trying to read as the constant movement in the car makes it hard work for the eyes to keep the position and it is likely to give nasty headaches.

    Instead I load a batch of TV shows or films onto my iPad or laptop and watch these with headphones.

    However, since your dad is coming all that way to get you then the socially expected thing to do is to talk with him, share some quality father / daughter time and show you care about the things going on in his life.

    If you need to start the trip in the early hours of the morning then try to sleep a bit when the trip starts and keep yourself in the routine sleep-wise. This way you will be awake as normal even when you arrive.

    I would think of a long list of things to talk about with your dad, especially around the wedding and also about your plans, but keep the main focus on him since it is his big day and he is doing all that driving.

    Perhaps practice conversations with him, listen to see if you can spot a hook to ask a question about what he said? Don't talk about you unless asked and see if you can let him do most of the talking.

    Once the wedding starts then he will probably be really busy so you can focus more on yourself then.

    That would be my approach rather than keeping myself to myself with entertainment. If I was travelling alone then it is a ditterent story.

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