Bags

   I order my panniers for the bike today. SQUEEE!  I am not a bag person usually, but these line up nicely with my camping gear fetish.  Other girls get excited about purses and shoes and nails.  I get excited by camping gear and coats and bare feet.  Not to say I don't enjoy the girly trappings from time to time, but I enjoy them only because they are from time to time.

My friends are getting ready for the burn this week. Not a shock. HA! But it's fun because I get to participate in their getting ready now, what with the waxing and all.  It was really nice getting to have a good chat about what I will really need with the girls, too.  There are certain things that boys just don't get cause their bodies and brains are wired differently.  Actually, our group of girls are all the "girl with all guy friend" types, so I think we're all wired a little differently, too. Hehehe.  Amusingly enough, we were talking about shoes and moisturizer...but in the context of Burning Man that is more survival talk than anything else.

Also, this afternoon, when it gets to hot to be out in the garage I am going to learn how to change my tube.  Wooo!  I get so frustrated when I am learning a new thing that doesn't come easy.  I rode bikes constantly as a kid and I NEVER had to change my tire? I think I must have been freakishly magic.  Even when I was commuting to work and I had my bike stolen, twice, I never had to do a brake adjustment, patch a tire or anything.  Because it never broke or I have totally blocked someone else doing it. WEIRD!  But I am glad to fight with it now so I can learn how to care for my bike, so we can have a long and glorious life together.

So tomorrow is the BIG DAY!  The grand unveiling...sort of..  Now I am off to set up my strength training.  All that cardio with out some strength training doesn't help as much as I would like.