In a little over 24 hours Jaeger and I will be on a plane heading for London. I’m excited but it still doesn’t feel real. I packed yesterday and managed to fit everything into my small suitcase and backpack. Unfortunately, it appears that our BA flight will probably not have video on demand. I’m hoping that with a combination of books and audiobooks I’ll still manage to pass the time fairly well.

A while back I bought A Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas for the trip but hadn’t discovered anything else trust worthy enough to buy unread. So, I’ve been scouring the library catalog for weeks looking for appropriate reading and listening material. I was hoping that Valor’s Choice by Tanya Huff would arrive in time (via ILL) but it didn’t. However, every other hold I placed seemed to arrive today. I picked up a total of 7 items today. I was very relieved that Heart Quest by Robin Owens arrived in time. I was really hoping to take 2 romances and 2 science fiction paperback books with me. However, I couldn’t scour up enough interesting looking SF (in mass market paperback) so I’m going to have to revise my plan. Master of None by N. Lee Wood looked tempting but it’s a trade paperback instead of mass market so it’s probably too big to fit in my luggage. I’ve decided I’m going to take Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop. I suspect it’s a book that I’m either going to love or hate. For my final book I’m either going to take An Independent Woman by Candace Camp or A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh. I’m leaning toward Balogh’s book because she makes every plot, no matter how old, a fun read.

I also received discs 3 & 4 of Nip & Tuck. I can’t remember if I made a mistake and placed a bib level request instead of item level or just decided that I didn’t need to start at the beginning (usually you don’t have to wait as long for DVDs if you aren’t picky about the order you watch them). In any case, I popped the third disc in for a little dinner entertainment (Jaeger’s scheduled to arrive back from CA tonight). In the 20 minutes I spent watching it, I learned that I really didn’t like it. It’s probably unfair to judge a series based on the first 20 minutes of the 7th episode but I’m doing it anyway. I’m not even sure what it was that I disliked so much. Maybe it was the complete obsession with triviality. However, I’m pretty sure that the show is suppose to be a satire (at least, I’m hoping it is). I’m curious if anyone who reads this has a different opinion. As I said, it’s extremely unfair for me to start in the middle of the season, watch 20 minutes and declare I dislike the show

Last night I downloaded about 5 GB worth of Audiobooks utilizing my accounts at Denver, Boulder and Weld. Since I only have a 2 GB Nano, I’m still trying to figure out how this will work. Among the works I downloaded I acquired Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. When it first came out I got through about 50 of the 916 pages before giving up. I’m hoping, though am not optimistic, that my audiobook experience is different. The audiobook is around 20 hrs long so I could spend the flight to and from London just listening to the one book. However, that might be too boring. I like a little variety in my life