Pasithea

Well... The riser at least. We have the first step in place and the second one cut but not yet tamped down and positioned. First one is of course the hardest. I had to cut the asphalt of the road to match the face of the brick and then, since we're on a hill, the brick has to go below the level of the road at the high end so making that transition nice and easy was also a small challenge. The bright news is that things only get easier from here. Step 2 has less fiddly work and step 3 has almost none and the rest are all pretty identical until we get to the first landing.

In addition to the color, the new bricks are more or less all around better than the pink bricks. They're a consistent depth so I'm not repositioning the saw as often and they're thicker walled and denser. Makes them slower to cut but also means they'll take more abuse.

I'm still so excited about going to Burn that I can hardly think. I straightened all the stakes we use for our tent, mended my boots and coat and a couple other bits of clothing and I'm about half way done making a new cover for our car. Rest of the stuff I need to do is pretty easy. The only other big task is that I'd like to do a little retouch work on some of my airbrush paintings. So... Excited! Must.. not.. explode!

Thanks again to all the people helping me out at the last minute like this! In my head I always feel like I'm alone and that no one would spit on me if I were dying of thirst but.. I'm just going on a vacation and a bunch of people have just shown up out of nowhere and given me various forms of aid and support. I really really really appreciate it. One of the major things I'm hoping to work on by going to Burning Man this year is working on how I relate to people. Not having a lot of 'close' friends there with me will sort of force me to interact with people and work on learning to socialize better. So... Thank you, thank you thank you! *hugs*