What do I do this weekend?

[XemaSab]

Tomorrow night there's a party at Bass Lake.

Saturday is the Berkeley DU meetup, which is about 3 hours from here one way, and driving there and back in a day would be a PITA, so I'd want to leave tomorrow evening OR come back sunday.

Also on Saturday the new Harry Potter comes out, but I am skeptical that I will get it on Saturday and not Monday, so I am reluctant to make plans around that.

Additionally, a friend invited me to go rafting on the Merced on Saturday, but I am worried that if I do that, I will give up my chance to get the Harry Potter book Saturday.

Sunday I was asked to give a short talk about birds to the children at the church, but I can beg off if I have to.

Finally, there's a Philadelphia Vireo over at Mono Lake, which is a 3 hour drive if I go when there's no traffic, ie very early or very late. I really want this bird. It's a bit of a nemesis. There's also a lot of good stuff happening at Mono right now. But like the DU meetup, it's not a day trip.

An ideal weekend would involve going to Mono and a mixture of Harry Potter and birding, but I fear that I wouldn't get the book Satuday and I would dip on the bird and miss all the other fun options available to me.

So what to do?

[GOPisEvil]

1. I'd go to the DU meetup. DUers rock!

:D

[XemaSab]

2. Kick

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[EstimatedProphet]

3. What, exactly, are you planning to do to get the vireo?

[XemaSab]

6. Go to the CG at mono lake and wait for the booger.

The vireo is sinking in terms of priority.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

4. I'll buy you a beer if you show up at the DU meetup.

[XemaSab]

7. How long do you think it's going to go?

n/t

[Crazy Guggenheim]

8. 3-4 hours.

[XemaSab]

9. 'Cause I sort of had the thought

that I could go to the boat party, get the book, go to berkeley, bird alameda county, work my way to the mountains by dusk, camp out/read harry potter, and get back to church in time to show the kids some birds.

on edit: still too much driving saturday. nuts!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. Do what you have to do.

[XemaSab]

11. Blow off work next week

and do all of the above?

[enigmatic]

5. DU at Berkley

Sounds good to me..

[gmoney]

12. A bird in the hand is worth two at Mono Lake

I'd prioritize the "sure things" and social things -- DU and/or rafting -- over the long shot at the lake and the time-flexible Harry Potter reading. Don't let the hype over this book drive you indoors and isolate you -- it'll be there all next week and for the next 50 years or so.

Teaching the kids about birds is also a very good thing -- maybe you can tell them how they EVOLVED. ;)

Whatever you do, give us a full report.

[XemaSab]

13. This is good advice

I am thinking prioritizing the local things might be the strategy.

The thought of driving to Berkeley tomorrow makes me want to hide under my bed.

[gmoney]

14. DU it up...

Well, the DU thing is a one-time event, right? The river will be there next weekend. Just a thought...

[XemaSab]

15. yeah,

but my buddy is on call next weekend and can't do it.