July 2nd - What A Day

Holy Cow! What a wild and crazy, roller coaster of a day. Seriously...up and down and up and down and weird events.....Ready? Hold on..here we go!

I had a very odd dream. It was regarding placement of our theme camp at Burning Man.  Placement announcements were supposed to be out on the 1st. But, its Burning Man time, so, its all relative. But, there was alot of talk about it yesterday, so, it was on my mind I suppose.  Our camp had requested to be on a certain spot, a big spot. And, all are hoping we get it. If not, we will still be cool. But, our plans are so much better if we get this certain location.  This location is called Esplanade.  If the open playa were ocean or a beach to explore, the Esplanade would be the boardwalk. With all the hustle and bussle and all the cool kids setting up shop. Got it? Okay. So, in my dream, we were mistakenly placed on the very last row of the city...in the back. The read our application wrong and thought that is what we wanted. We were all bummed about it, but, decided to make the best of it. We turned our camp around so our backs were to the rest of the city and we were facing out to the empty open playa "behind" the city. Not that we were being anti social, but,  our plans were for a viewing station on the playa and we wanted to keep it that way. Well, when people were arriving during the week, they realized what we had done and the whole city turned around with us. So, we were in front again! :) It was an awesome dream. (Note that we got our placement announcement this afternoon, more later.)


Squishy's phone broke last night. (Don't get me started on her and her cell phones!) But, the charger port thing came out...not good. We decided to get up and get to the Sprint store at 10 when they opened, so there wouldnt be a long line. Well, we didn't really get out of the house til 11. Not really a big deal. Got the store and were told that because it was physical damage, the insurance would cover it, but, it would be $100 to get a new phone. But, I had an upgrade available on my line (not hers) UGH. So, we had a decision to make: get Sam the exact same phone or, spend the same amount and get me a new phone. We looked around for a bit and then decided to go to the other sprint store, since we like their service better for new phones. (The original store we only go to becuase it is the technician store.)

Before we left and while in the store, I was frantically sending emails and text back and forth with a couple Pink Heart camp mates regarding the waterbottles we are ordering. They are on sale today only and we needed to finalize the details. Crazy! But AWESOME! Can't wait to get them! I was having Squishy write an email to someone, but then he called. As I was talking to him, my car starting acting weird and started steaming badly. UH OH! Hung up and parked the car. Luckily, we were right where we wanted to be anyway. I took a breath and opened the hood. More steam. Great.  But, I couldnt tell if it was just a hose or what.  But, the entire water reserve thing was empty.  I decided to let it cool down and we went into the store.  But, my mind could not concentrate or make decisions.  We ended up apologizing to the sales guy. Went next door to get water, poured it in and it just poured out the bottom of my radiator. WONDERFUL. No driving it home.

Called AAA for a tow. They were great. Said the truck had an hour to get there, but, he was there in no less than 20 minutes. Seriously! :) It was great. Nice tow truck driver. Now, I must admit that during the time that I realized I was screwed and the time the driver got there, I was not in a good mental state. Started crying and really worrying. Thinking thousands of dollars to fix, that I don't have, etc. I called a friend to see if his dealership could fix it. He didn't answer. And, didn't respond to my texts.  But, as we got home, he called me back. He was in a meeting, but could tell something was wrong. He could tell I was super upset and was so calming and great. I super appreciated it at that moment in time. He is someone I have known for years and I know he cares about me. Even if we can't be together as a couple, I know he is there when I need him. I love him for that. Anyway, he put it in good perspective for me: "Hey, at least this happened now and not when you were driving to Burning Man.  That would have sucked even more!"  Made me smile and I knew he was right. It could always be worse! :)

I knew I needed to just chill for a bit and needed to respond to some emails. So, I logged on and chatted with a few people. Made me feel better. And, while I was online, our placement announcement came! (Placement!) That was another swing. So happy and exciting!!

Called around to some places to replace my radiator and discovered it wasn't going to be AS BAD as I thought to fix it. Not that I really want to spend $400-$500, but, tis better than the thousand I was thinking. But, since it is Friday before a holiday and they have to order the radiator, no one can fix it until Tuesday. Ya. So, no car for the weekend. Another up then down, right! UGH.

All during this, I still had the phone decision in the back of my head to. Squishy was being to patient about it, but, we needed to figure something out for her phone. So, I did some research on the phones we had looked at in the store. Talked it over with Squishy and decided I was going to get a new phone and she was going to get my Palm Pre. I can't believe I gave it up. I love that phone. But, time to move on, right? And, I hear such good things about the android phones. So, I got a Samsung Moment. I can't wait to play around with it!

After spending an hour or so at the sprint store getting the phones switched and such, I wanted teriakyi for dinner. Went to 2 places and they were closed. WTF. 8pm on a Friday night. Another, closed. had to settle for Taco Bell :( All in all, it was just a weird weird day.

PLACEMENT!

Pink Heart Camp (and therefor me) was granted the requested space on the playa we wanted! We will be at 9:00 & Esplanade!

Below is the 2010 Map of Black Rock City! Being on 9:00 and Esplanade means we will be right in the middle of 24/7 thick of it! :) So amazing. Who needs sleep anyway, right!

Welcome To July? WTF!

So, it is July 1st today. YIPPEE, right? Not in Washington state. Today it did not get above 60 degrees at my house. SERIOUSLY! WTF! I was actually starting to hold out hope that we would keep with the 70 degree weather for awhile. This is one weird year for us in the Evergreen state. And, my body is NOT liking the swings we are having from hot to cold! So, Ms. Mother Nature. Do you hear me? I am not asking for the 90 degree weather of last summer, but, let's stay a bit consistent, okay?

Getting Creative...Again

Many of you may not be aware of this, but, I NEVER have been a crafty person. Not even in like elementary school. Hated art time. Always thought inside the lines and everything had to be perfect. I never was one of those kids who could take a big pile of stupid objects and turn it into a piece of creative art. NEVER. I would organize that pile of stupid objects into rows and sort them all out. My sister and others however, could see that same pile of stupid objects and create something of it.

As part of my new journey this year, I decided I would try to get more crafty/artsy. Letting go of "things must be perfect" and such. And just trying out the other side of my brain. Slowly working on it. As such, on a whim, I decided to volunteer to make sashes for our camp. Not have ANY clue on how I would get it done. I am not going to go into my whole process of how I decided on this, but, really it just happened because I was in the fabric store (on one of my many trips) and noticed this blanket binding ribbon stuff on sale. Looking at it more closely, its basically a 3 inch ribbon, that is already sewn on the sides, that is sold in 10 yard spools.  Looking at the label, it said it could be used with a glue gun. MAGIC! So, I bought a little and experimented with it. Lovely. :)

After obtaining all the pink in the Seattle area and requesting my fellow camp mates get some, I went to work. Here is the progression of the sashes and the final product! :) Go me!

Oh ya, and I made the collage too! Look at all the new stuff I am learning how to do this year. Proud of me yet?

Got A Bed!

I have been debating about what kind of bed to get for Burning Man. I had narrowed it down to a couple and was just waiting for the right sale or sign to get it. Then I found this one on freecycle!

Walmart.com: Ozark Trail Queen Airbed: Camping

It isn't the exact one I wanted, as its lower to the ground. But, can't beat the price! I love how the universe provides!

(P.S. I used a new blogger feature for this post, so, if it looks different, thats why! Testing it out!)

Record Broken...

Well, today was the day.  We hit 77 degrees today! YIPPEE! So, officially breaking 2 records!

1) the longest in the calendar year not hitting 75 degrees. The previous record was June 9th.
2) the longest number of days from 75 degrees to at least 75 degrees. 272 days.

Crazy!

Birthday

My birthday was Saturday. Squishy made plans for us to go see a high school production of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" on Friday night.  On Saturday, she had rehearsals until 3pm and I just laid pretty low. After I picked her up and she rested a bit, we went out to dinner. Went with my mother (who shares my birthday. I was born on her 21st birthday!), Squishy, a friend of hers, 2 of my aunts, an uncle and one of my cousins. Had a good dinner and got their awesome Strawberry Banana Cream Pie..yummy. If you have not had it, I highly recommend it. :)

After that I went out for a drink with an old friend from high school. Had a nice low key time. :) (THANK YOU!)

My mom and Squishy got me a gorgeous ring and necklace set. Just realized I didn't take a picture of it. :(

On our way out to dinner, I told Squishy to pose for a picture and she did. Then she said that my mom and I should pose the same way. So, here our our bday poses.