AquaFizz

One Month and Seven Days...

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Welp! I can officially set-up my tent. I brought it into the living room the other day (I hope that tents aren't like umbrellas and that it's okay to pop one open inside the house) and had it set-up in about 20 minutes. Most of that time was fighting with the couch and love seat, too! I'm pretty sure that on grass and without the hindrance that furniture causes, I should be able to get it up fairly quickly. And, dude...it's REALLY HUGE. (ha. I said 'get it up' and 'huge' in the same paragraph!) I mean, it doesn't have separate rooms or any of THAT nonsense. But for just little ol' me...it seems pretty big. My only smaller options, though were either a one man tent that was only slightly larger than my cocoon sleeping bag, or one of those kid tents with Tinkerbell on it. The latter was PRE-TTY tempting. But even if I slept catty-cornered I wouldn't have been able to stretch out and I'm an spread-eagle-on-the-stomach kinda girl.

Here's what's in my bag o'tricks so far:
Two cheap towels (Pink and Green...too much pink, but it was that or purple.)
Two green ponchos
Two green glow sticks (for the silent rave...not anything, ya know, practical)
One head lamp
One hanging, battery-operated fan/light
Spray on sun screen
A floppy hat (that's really way cuter when I'm in the hammock, but I'll bring it just in case)

...I've got a long way to go. But it's fun to walk into my room at the end of a very long day and see that bag smiling at me from in front of my closet. It keeps saying, "Five weeks, friend! Five weeks and we're on our way to vacation!"

And, on a slightly unrelated note: I'm having a yard sale between Cleveland/Columbus and Bonnaroo. I've got way, WAY too much shit. I've decided to cut down on the movies I own. I have them all in this chest-of-drawers thing. Half of them are romcoms that, when I bought, were cheaper to buy used than rent. I've watched them, maybe, three or four times and I probably never will. What is a fair price to ask per movie?

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  1. Eyreplenh's Avatar
    Can't help with the movies... Did I see here somewhere that you were contemplating going to see the xx? Please do! Best album I've heard in a long time
  2. AquaFizz's Avatar
    They'll be at Bonnaroo! Unless they're playing during someone I like better, I'll definitely be heading their way. I still need to get the album, though. I just have a couple songs right now.
  3. night faerie's Avatar
    Tip#1: Go to Michaels craft store, they have tubes with 15 glow bracelets for $1. Get 5 tubes or so. Crack the bracelets & loop them around the lines staking your tent down. This way drunk/high people stumbling blindly through the night trying to find their tents won't inadvertently stumble into your tent and take it down. Also makes it easier to find your tent in the dark.

    Tip #2: Also, invest in some tent seam sealer & pre-treat the seams on the tent before you leave. Will help to waterproof the tent. One treatment will last about a year.

    Tip #3: Oh, and you can never have too many tarps. Be sure to put one under your tent with the edges about an inch or two UNDER the tent. If the tarp peeks out from under the tent, it will collect water if it rains and trap the water between the tarp & the bottom of your tent & your tent will be wet & uncomfortable.

    Tip #4: Bring 4 heavy stones/rocks. These are good for extra weight in the corners of your tent in case of really bad storms AND double for hammers to hammer your stakes into the ground (at angles, never straight in).

    I could go on but I think that's enough for today. I'm so happy for you that you're going, wish I could be a faerie on your shoulder for the trip!

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