- my mp3 player
- a pair of Sennheiser headphones that could shut out a row between Jerry Lewis and Diamanda Galas
- The Iliad
- one of my Al Anon books
- notes for a reference letter I'm supposed to have written already
- my journal
- two bottles of water
- trail mix
- a power bar
- my cell phone
- with the hotel phone # programmed into it
- a zabuton
- pictures of Kali, the Virgin Mary, my guru, and Ramakrishna
- I will probably buy The Secret Life of Bees at the airport.
I really have a much better attitude than it sounds. It's absurd to me that I prepare to this extent for a direct flight that's going to take about 90 minutes and whisk me from one strip-mall glutted consumer paradise to another. I'd make a great mountain climber or safari-er, I'm sure, except my idea of roughing it is a weekend at the Ritz.
I've seen zabutons but didn't know that's what they were called until now (thanks, Google).
ReplyDeleteSeems whatever trip I take, no matter what the distance or length, I have everything I need inside a canvas duffel that I used to be able to take as carry-on luggage, before they implemented the "must fit inside this breadbox" cage. Have a great time.