Read the following paragraph and then select the correct

the letter was more like an encyclopedia and about five times as long. its list of rambling requests went on and on until i could barely stay awake to reach the end. my biggest concern was how i could untangle this mess of details to actually take care of the things asked of me in the letter. if only my sister were a better communicator!

why does the writer say that the requests were rambling?

the writer thinks the letter was filled with surprising details.
the writer thinks the letter was filled with interesting details.
the writer thinks the letter did a good job of getting to the point.
the writer thinks the letter took a long time to get to the point.