That is just too cute, waiting two days before the SOLO drop to say they are participating. Oh, well, it only cost me a fraction of a fraction of an XRP to start a XUMM wallet and set up a trust line. (It only took three tries to successfully do that, and the fails did not cost anything.)
And since I only sent about half of my XRP to the wallet, I should be happy that the other half will also get in on the action.
On the other hand, I now have yet another passcode, another long string of mixed up letters and numbers, another secret set of keys, and another long (and strong) password. Just what I needed.
But getting my toes wet on the ledger and getting some of my crypto off an exchange (even XRP-friendly Uphold) is probably a good thing. Maybe it will motivate me to stake more assets, because they ain't earning anything where they are.