Preparing for "The Long Read"

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No: HPFGUIDX 61281

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen" <jwilliamson at r...> wrote:
> 
> In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "wildfemnight"
> wildfemnight at y...> wrote:
> So now that we're less than one day away, I'm curious what everyone
> is doing to make sure they are comfortable while reading. Maybe we
> can all remind each other of something helpful or something that we
> forgot to do. Here's a few of mine....
> 
> 1. Move best chair in the house next to best lamp in the house for
> proper lighting.
> 
> 2. Putting in a fresh pair of contact lenses so I don't misread
> anything.
> 
> 3. Going grocery shopping to make sure there are more than enough
> munchies (gotta have my popcorn and Pepsi)
> 
> 4. Making sure hubby knows nearest route to McDonalds so he won't
> have to bug me come dinner time.
> 
> Cindy added:
> 
> 5. Don't forget to take the day off work, and leave the phone off 
the
> hook - or just don't answer. I can't wait to read all about Snape, 
and
> he doesn't like interruptions! ;-)
> 
> To which Kelly said:
> 
> 6. Tell everyone you know that you are unavailable for the weekend.
> 
> 7. If you are like me and listen to music when you read, load up 
the 
> cd player with the cds that you feel will best complement your 
reading
> experience.  If you only have a single disc changer, stack the cds 
> you feel you will be listening to by the player so you don't have 
to 
> waste precious reading time hunting for a new disc.
> 
> 8.  Know the number of your pizza deliverer of choice.  That way 
you 
> don't have to waste your time looking it up later.  Better yet, 
just 
> arrange for another family member to take care of the details.
>  
> Now I (Jen) would like to add:
> 
> 9. Have one final serious talking to with your significant other 
> about how there are to be no interruptions - my boyfriend is 
annoyed 
> how many times I have stressed this, but it's not preventing him 
from 
> cooking an authentic (he hopes) English dinner for me on Saturday 


Lauren adds
Buy a bag of fresh roasted coffee, (must grind yourself) for the 
propper caffine high. Then the book can be read, and finished in 
eleven hours.
Starting my caffine boost now, Lauren