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Folks..  I was without internet access from friday ’till today.. here’s what I tried to post on Friday…

The strangest thing happened to me today.. I found myself on

a plane heading out to Reno NV. OK, so it wasn’t  a complete surprise.. Yesterday afternoon my

brother and I hatched a schemed to go out and catch the last 2 days of Burning

Man at Black Rock City. Billy and I have talked about going before.. but I had

made up my mind not to go this year because of… well… because of everything.

I’d spent so much time and energy helping Homer and co. get ready for the trip

to Burning Man that I’d worn myself out, neglected my family and let stuff go

in various other important corners of my life..   that 

I decided about 4 weeks ago that I wasn’t going to go this year.

Deciding that lifted a huge burden from me.. I wasn’t dreading the prep, I

wasn’t feeling as bad about the time away from family, etc.. I still had

several weeks of working on the Burning Man vehicle.. but even that came easier

when I knew that I would be free of the stress (and of course the fun) of

going.   

   But then.,. .. I

Billy offered to help out on the plane tix, 

and sealed the deal by reminding me that going out there together would

be a life long memory and  good hang out

time for the two of us.. I was also wondering/worrying how Homer and the crew

were doing on the TimeCycle .. I know they’d gotten this far without me.. but I

still felt  considerable  ownership/pride/responsibility for this crazy

project.. . Add on top that there were some other friends out there I was eager

to see Mary, Raye, Ben,  Carlyn, Meg,

Peter, Jerry, Whit, Gadget, Scarlett,   Around  noon yesterday afternoon, Billy and  I decided we were going to do this.   I checked with Diane and Gabe.. and they were

ok with it.. so Billy’s friend and Admin Sharon found us the plane tickets.. but

there was still one hitch.. Burning man tickets were no longer on sale online

.. and the walk up sales ended at 6 pm yesterday.  It seemed there was no place left find

tickets.. and they have a strict no ticket.. no entry policy at Black Rock.. no

matter how far you’ve come.   We ran out

of ideas for a bit.. then I started looking online.. there’s a thing called

eplaya  where Burners tlak about the prep

for the event… There were tons of other folks there looking for tickets.. and

only a few folks offering them.. most of them single tickets for physical pick

up in far off cities.. and most of those already gone.. I was about to give up

when I saw a note only a few minutes old from a couple in the Netherlands.

They’d just gotten married and had hoped ot go to Burning man as part of their

honeymoon. .. Well.. that hadn’t worked out..  

I’ll spare you the long story.. but I talked, texted and emailed  with them on and off  through the night and managed to  transfer the tickets to us (Thanks Eva and

Rick !) …so  That’s hoe I find myself

about an hour out of Reno ,

     So.. now I’m

trying to figure out if I should congratulate myself for making this all work

out at the last minute.. and following my bliss and doing this very cool  spur of the moment trip.. or beat myself up

for not sticking to my decisions and running from responsibility…  Actually, 

I think I’ve just convinced myself not to think about it much at all..

and just enjoy it..   What do you think ?

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OK.. landing soon. I won’t be able to post my blocg

tomorrow.. I’ll write and post both sat and sun on Sunday on my way back. Unitl

then.. happy vacation folks..  Love oyu

Sam

-me