Multitasking

I'm writing tonight while watching a replay of an official Burning Man newbie orientation.  It's available here.  The sound gets a little better.  I knew a bunch a bunch of the material already, but I probably learned at least 5 tips that will be invaluable.  Sheldon's online looking at tents and stuff, but when he clicked on a foldable yurt that stays cool enough to sleep until 11 am and can be built for around $200, I was in love.  I want to see if that will be a feasible thing to build and haul out there.

For Mother's day Sheldon refurbished the junked up bike I got for Christmas in 7th grade.  He painted it candy apple red and magenta, and replaced a bajillion bits of it.  It should be ready this week, and I'm super excited about it.  I'll be taking it to the playa, but before that I'm going to ride it a LOT.

As far as an art contribution, I'd wanted to make an LED cube, but when I looked at the parts for what I wanted to do it was over $500!  Plus, it really didn't seem that interesting, so I'm back to the drawing board.  I have an idea forming for a harp like thing...my little midsized keyboard is in peril!

I'm wondering also about something to give as a gift.  I think we're going to be tight on space, so small is key.  Something useful would be neat too, rather than just a gee gaw.  Hmm...

In diet news, I stayed within my points today.   We had to drive down to Oakdale to get Evy, a four hour round trip, but we stopped at a fruit stand and got cherries and really gorgeous strawberries to munch.  I had enough points left this evening to have a homemade cheeseburger on a ciabatta roll, mmmm.   I didn't get to be really active, but I did hula hoop for a few minutes, so I made my activity goal.