50 lb.s really isn't that much stuff!

So, I'm at the airport in front of the beautiful Aer Lingus flight desk, they don't open till 1:00, thats okay though bc I got a ride and it was infinitely better than trying to take my two 50lb bags on the El, no thanks. I sort of forgot the bags have to be exactly 50 lbs or less and spent about an hour last night trying to get them down to weight. It was pretty surprising because one would think 50lbs would be a ton of stuff, not so. I'm taking like 8 outfits, 5 books, a camcorder, my bike helmet, a sheet (for the hostels...oh yeah, fancy!), a pillow, a couple of school supplies I didn't want to rebuy, and some discs...thats it. Apparently it adds up. To kill time I'm finishing up The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and then I have Atlas Shrugged which I've been told is even better. Nothing like a thousand page book to kill time at the airport! Okay well I'm trying to waste a ton of battery (i think mine last about 2.5 hours) so....hasta lavista!