My plans for June 20-21

[Zephyrjaid at aol.com]

The OOTP excitement bug finally bit me the other night and I couldn't sleep until about four in the morning. These last few days of waiting have been worse than the last three *years*. 

I'm really looking forward to the twentieth. I'm going to meet five friends for dinner at T.G.I. Friday's - not my first choice, but it's in the same parking lot as Barnes and Noble, where we've all preordered our books. I have a feeling we'll be very disturbing to the people around us. I know I'm going to have a hard time controlling the urge to shout with glee at random moments.

The Midnight Magic party begins at 11:00pm, so we'll probably spend quite a lot of time hanging at the bookstore after dinner. I'll probably thumb through the books in their Harry Potter section as a quick refresher. I'm (irrationally) petrified that I'll forget some element of the books that will be vitally important in OOTP. This sounds even more stupid when you consider how many times I've read the books - I stopped counting at a hundred. 

After we purchase our books (my precioussssss) we'll head over to one of the girls' houses and read, read, read. I had a similar party for Goblet in 2000 and it took me about nine hours to read with breaks for naps, food, discussion and a location change (we were reading outside until it started to rain). I've perfected the overall plan so we won't have to be distracted - it will be in the basement, where there are a bunch of couches, chairs and soft carpet, plus good lighting and temperature control, and the munchies will be handed out in individual bags. We won't even have to get up for breakfast - we're having breakfast bars. I'm bringing tons of pillows and blankets for optimum comfort...perfect. I can't wait.

Zeph, ready for the worst: papercuts, power outtages, itchy eyes, headache, hunger, anxiety...