Thanks Mark..you know I will give those yellow ear plugs another try. I am guessing that I will require something to just shut out all the chatter around me; the drone of the engines might put me to sleep..it's just all the rest of the noise around me. I can probably get away with just purchasing some ear plugs for now, as I am figuring out that would be the most important issue.
I have a set of the headphones they give you on the plane to listen to music and while it doesn't shut out all the noise, it does give you more of a focus on the piped in music.

I am technically inept with all the music options and just used Ipod as a generic term...I need to talk to my 17 year old nephew and I'm sure he'll set me up...that's a great option and I need to get moving on this ASAP.

One of the posters here gave me the name of the Entymotic and I can't find the post otherwise I would have asked her. And since I have such little memory..good luck with me trying to remember.

I do not look forward to the flight. It's kind of like giving birth..you forget all the discomfort when you finally get to see the end product (hopefully LOL)