Driving to vacation help?

Question

My family and I are going on vacation tomorrow, I'm 15 and i have a 13 year old sister. It's about 4 hours away, and I can't sit still for more than 15 minutes... I always get bored and bring a ton of stuff to do but never do and so it just creates chaos and clutter.. What can i bring into the car to keep me occupied? I have a cell phone and texting, but i also have o.c.d and if i lose one bar in my battery picture i flip out and think my phone will die (and i don't have a car charger)...

So can anyone give me advice on what to do and what to bring for a four hour car ridE?

Answer 1

Try playing games with your sister. Try this, look at the cars coming at you. You look for red cars and she looks for blue cars. Each car is worth 5 points. The first one to get 100 points wins. It may sound stupid, but it takes up time and after a while,it is fun. Good luck.

Answer 2

Bring an extra battery for the phone.  Or a second phone.  Or buy a car charger.

Bring an iPod.

Bring a book to read.  Maybe one on techniques for sitting still.

Try looking out the window and counting the cars that go by in the other direction.  I would get bored doing that, but maybe with OCD you will keep doing it for all four hours.