Earthstock and Expo and Perineum... Oh My!

Hey everybody,

This week was a bit of a rest for us on the fundraising front - but that was just in preparation for this weekend coming up. Two, possibly three!, fundraisers in a row. Friday, Saturday, and (maybe) Sunday.

Friday is the Earthstock festival at Stony Brook, and we will be there raising awareness for the affordable housing cause and displaying our Doctor Who quilt. We will also have a trainer set up with one of our bikes so we can bike in place, hopefully this will make people more aware of our cause and demonstrate our efforts. Saturday is the Stony Brook Science and Arts Expo, similar to the Makers Faire, at which engineers/artists/creative people display their talents and things that they have made with their various passions. Friday's Earthstock lasts from 11 am to 3 pm, and Saturday's Expo lasts from 10 am to 4 pm. This, all in all, adds up to 10 hrs of biking in place, which means we will be incredibly uncomfortable for 5 hrs each - let me explain why.

The bikes we got for B&B are great, we are getting used to them and getting better at biking long distances with the clipless pedals and everything. But the fact that we're riding for longer periods of time means we're spending lots of time on our bike seats, and that sucks. You would think that since we're getting a bike for biking across America the seats would be magnificent - but they aren't. It's the most uncomfortable bike seat I've ever sat on. During every ride there is a lot of pressure where there shouldn't be, and the discomfort lasts even after we get off of our bikes. My question is why they would  give ANYONE saddles that aren't the best. That's some sensitive tissue down there, and I don't see any reason to put it through that pain. We are both planning on getting a different seat, one that isn't torturous. Maybe that will happen this week and we will be able to bike in comfort.

Sunday is the Engineering Olympics at Stony Brook, put on by the engineering sorority AOE, and the engineering fraternity SPD. Annamaria and I are hoping to be selling refreshments at this event like lemonade (pink AND yellow), cookies, chips, etc... you know - the sort of unhealthy food everyone expects at sports events.

More soon!
KAS