Happy New Year!

I purposely booked my flight for January 2 because I knew I'd want to rest on New Year's Day. I didn't have a particularly wild New Year's Eve, but as it happens I do have a bad cold and one more day of coddled, blissful rest in my house is doing me good. I am packed but I still need to give my room a final straightening to make it the kind of place where guests would actually want to stay. I also still need to make important decisions like, should I take my huge headphones in my backpack or in my checked luggage? Will I actually read anything on the plane? We'll see.