As many of you already know, Richard is my hero and I try to be just like him (except that I think FireFox is a far superior browser, especially when coupled with Thunderbird). Richard has been blogging about audiobooks for several years now and I had never listened to one. I decided to give it a try and I've been listening to The Broker by John Grisham. It's been entertaining, but I'm not sure it's exactly my cup of Pepsi Twist. I'm on the last disc of five. I made my audiobook selection based on the information I skimmed from the RGJ article that Richard linked in his blog. I selected a fictional story read by someone other than the author. The reader uses different voices to help distinguish between characters, but does so without sounding absurd. The biggest problem I have is that I find it very easy to think about other things while listening and then I have to rewind and listen to a part I may have missed because my mind wandered. I get the most out of the audiobook when I'm driving, but I like listening to news and talk radio when I'm driving. All in all, it's enjoyable, but I think I prefer reading to listening. It's easier to go back and reread a part or back up a paragraph or two with a paper book; however, the audiobook is nice because I can listen to it while playing games or doing other things, as long as those things don't cause me to stop listening. I can say I tried something new - I'll probably listen to more in the future.

So tomorrow we do our final walkthrough and Wednesday we get the keys. I'm taking a few days off this week and plan on moving stuff as soon as we get the keys. This week will be full of long days and long nights. But it will be worth it - Emilie and I are very excited.