I am glad to have seen this about too much water. I just recently started a diet that requires you to drink lots of water. I didn't know over doing the water intake and not watching my balance of nutirents can have such an effect. I am also happy someone brought this up now, because this year is my ...

got the hat ready to go too. I can't wait to go. i believe this is gonna be a great trip.

Wow, meeting all of you here on the eplaya, is making me more and more excited about going. Knowing that there are so many nice people going to be there. I am working on some costumes. One I know for sure is a fairy costume. Others I am still trying to figure out. I just recently spent a day out in ...

Cool, so there is a meet and greet place there? I will have to check it out.

Meeting people here on the e-playa, is definitly helping me with feeling more comfortable about going. Everyone is so very nice. I look forward to this "vacation" to BRC.

Thanks everyone, all these replies are making me feel a lot more comfortable, with what the experience will be like. My husband feels I will be ok, he is already trying to figure out how he can alter my attire with light up stuff. :) and how much he can fit into a Jeep cherokee with a trailer attach...

Thanks I hope to meet a lot of people like you guys there. I really can't wait to go. I hope to leave my shyness at the gate!

[quote="theCryptofishist"]Not one for drugs either. Decom is different from the event. There's a community picnic ~June (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco) that give you a chance to hang out with a smaller group. If you're interested in volenteering, there's a town meeting that's essentially a volente...

Hi, I'm Articmoon, nicknamed after my cat Moon, (she liked sitting in the window while it was opened and it was cold out, so it stuck) I live in Pacifica, CA. A former SF person. This year (2005) is gonna be my first year. Definitly not sure what to expect, been through both 2004 and 2005 survival g...

I did go to decompression with my husband last year. It was sort of ok, I kind of felt out of place a little. I think it was just something new and I was scared. My husband assured me that burning man was far better. As for recreational stuff (drugs), not into those things, But alcohol does get to m...

This year is gonna be my very first burn. I was supposed to go last year but never made it. My husband has gone twice now and is excited I am able to make this year's event. I have never been to anything like this. I have studied this website so I know how to prepare for BM, but my husband is worrie...