Packing, packing...
Aug. 1st, 2007 11:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
athenaltenaIn 24 hours I'll be on a plane to Shannon in Ireland. Meep. I'm mostly packed, the girl watching our animals has our key, we have plenty of crickets for the geckoes, and we picked up a digital camcorder from my aunt to record our adventures. It'll certainly be one.
Luckily we don't have to personally drive ourselves to Logan Airport, we're having a company called Valley Transporter that we've used before take us. They took me to Bradley a few years ago, and I liked the people there. Plus when they come through at work they usually tip. ;)
I've packed plenty of book, knowing realistically that I probably won't get to them all, and will take Leto the computer to stay in some contact (God, I'm an addict) plus hopefully do some writing. And because I'm a techie I looked up a list of WiFi hotspots in Ireland for reference but found out that very few of these are free. Still, I'll figure something out, and the hotels we're staying in might have their own. Apparently Ireland has more per capita in terms of hotspots than the US. So we'll just have to see what comes our way.
In terms of reading material, I'm bringing the following:
Life of Pi - Yann Martel (already started it, but still reading)
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Specimen Days - Michael Cunningham
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
Terrier - Tamora Pierce
And an audio book of Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman for the plane. Not exactly light reading, but I'm the type of kid who would read a 500 page book in an all nighter (I did actually do that a couple of times) and I've been meaning to read some of these for a while. I did discover that putting the books at the bottom of my bad kept it from tipping over, a frequent problem, and made note of that trick. Tomorrow morning I just have to pack Koshka (my stuffed animal, yes I still have one for good luck) my bathrobe, sandals, and toiletries along with the laptop, which along with my purse will be my carry-on. All my liquids will be in my checked luggage, just to avoid that kerfluffle.
Oh, and I have to remind myself that I need to take the Swiss Army Knife off my keychain, since that might not go over well with airport security. 0_0
And randomly as I was typing this post I thought of this icon. And even more randomly if Hokuto shows up in Tsubasa (I still have my fingers crossed) I want her to be in a lesbian relationship with Tomoyo. JUST BECAUSE.
And also changed my theme to Hanafuda February in honor of going to Old Eire. Might as well, to commemorate it and add a little color. Plus it'll be a lot cooler over there, which is lucky because it's supposed to be 95 degrees tomorrow. My mom and I both agree that we're getting out just in time, since it's only in the 60s and 70s over there.
And in four minutes it will be travel day. Perfect time to go to bed.
Luckily we don't have to personally drive ourselves to Logan Airport, we're having a company called Valley Transporter that we've used before take us. They took me to Bradley a few years ago, and I liked the people there. Plus when they come through at work they usually tip. ;)
I've packed plenty of book, knowing realistically that I probably won't get to them all, and will take Leto the computer to stay in some contact (God, I'm an addict) plus hopefully do some writing. And because I'm a techie I looked up a list of WiFi hotspots in Ireland for reference but found out that very few of these are free. Still, I'll figure something out, and the hotels we're staying in might have their own. Apparently Ireland has more per capita in terms of hotspots than the US. So we'll just have to see what comes our way.
In terms of reading material, I'm bringing the following:
Life of Pi - Yann Martel (already started it, but still reading)
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Specimen Days - Michael Cunningham
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
Terrier - Tamora Pierce
And an audio book of Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman for the plane. Not exactly light reading, but I'm the type of kid who would read a 500 page book in an all nighter (I did actually do that a couple of times) and I've been meaning to read some of these for a while. I did discover that putting the books at the bottom of my bad kept it from tipping over, a frequent problem, and made note of that trick. Tomorrow morning I just have to pack Koshka (my stuffed animal, yes I still have one for good luck) my bathrobe, sandals, and toiletries along with the laptop, which along with my purse will be my carry-on. All my liquids will be in my checked luggage, just to avoid that kerfluffle.
Oh, and I have to remind myself that I need to take the Swiss Army Knife off my keychain, since that might not go over well with airport security. 0_0
And randomly as I was typing this post I thought of this icon. And even more randomly if Hokuto shows up in Tsubasa (I still have my fingers crossed) I want her to be in a lesbian relationship with Tomoyo. JUST BECAUSE.
And also changed my theme to Hanafuda February in honor of going to Old Eire. Might as well, to commemorate it and add a little color. Plus it'll be a lot cooler over there, which is lucky because it's supposed to be 95 degrees tomorrow. My mom and I both agree that we're getting out just in time, since it's only in the 60s and 70s over there.
And in four minutes it will be travel day. Perfect time to go to bed.
