Getting your shit back together: progress reports

[Jovankat]

Well it's been fun but it's time to head back to Sydney. My bags are all packed and we're about to head to the airport.

There's still a lot of dusty stuff to be dealt with in American Boyfriend's living room which I feel bad about.

[Elorrum]

er, October is prep for trip, no time for trip. Dang. Lots lots lots to do.
Wish I could be there Patsch, and FJ. It's in the wish box.

[FIGJAM]

That's ok.

Saguaro Man is always better!!!

[kiboy]

Hey I'm thinking of going in 2015. I'm taking it that you recommend it? I can't remember who told me about it. Maybe it was you.

[Patsh]

er, October is prep for trip, no time for trip. Dang. Lots lots lots to do.
Wish I could be there Patsch, and FJ. It's in the wish box.

The most absolutely Perfect time for you to be here will be exactly when you get here.
(There is no un-perfect time around here... ask anyone, you'll see.)

[BootKickingStrumpet]

Was feeling really down today...then I figured this time last month I was on the Playa. The tent has been washed and is drying and waiting to eventually be packed. Looking forward to Seacompression this weekend.

[robbidobbs]

Decompression is occurring but I still have my put my monkey hut poles away. Pffth!

[Drawingablank]

Reached step 3 - scored tickets to PDF next weekend so had to unpack my playa branding iron, coat, lights, and other warm playa stuff.
Still wearing the tail at work and still no one has said a word.

Update managed to reach step 2 - I unpacked the tail Ratty gave me at the meet and Greet, but clipped it to my kilt and went back to partying.

Forgot it was there and wore it all day at work - and nobody at work said anything to me about wearing a 30 inch purple fur tail!

Been back at default home for 9 days and have compiled this list of post burn things I've accomplished so far:

1. Managed to throw all my dirty laundry in the hamper.
2.

Will have to unpack eventually though.

[theCryptofishist]

Reached step 3 - scored tickets to PDF next weekend so had to unpack my playa branding iron, coat, lights, and other warm playa stuff.
Still wearing the tail at work and still no one has said a word.

Update managed to reach step 2 - I unpacked the tail Ratty gave me at the meet and Greet, but clipped it to my kilt and went back to partying.

Forgot it was there and wore it all day at work - and nobody at work said anything to me about wearing a 30 inch purple fur tail!

Been back at default home for 9 days and have compiled this list of post burn things I've accomplished so far:

1. Managed to throw all my dirty laundry in the hamper.
2.

Will have to unpack eventually though.

*waits for DAB's next performance review...*

[Drawingablank]

Yah, I'm not particularly good at dealing with decom.

[theCryptofishist]

I know. And it was meant as a soft comment on the bureaucracy that surrounds so much of modern employment.

And now I've invented a word in search of a place to use it, bearocracy...

[Drawingablank]

Well I'm sure I will be completely unpacked by August if that makes you rest any easier lol.

[BootKickingStrumpet]

Seacompression was a blast, it gave me a taste of home with a chance to reconnect with friends.

[forty_eight]

stuff crammed into the garage is starting to get stuff stacked on top of it

guess i'm unpacked?

smh

lol

[Ano]

My Burning Man stuff lives almost entirely in transition from year to year. The cycle is as such: Go to the Burn, come back to apartment, leave shit in a gigantic pile in the corner near the closet for a month, pull out what I need for decompression, put it back after decompression, finally get around to cleaning everything in the summer, pack it away for a month or two in a garage one hour north of me, and then re-unpack it in August and bring it to the desert.

This year, I decided to get on everything and do the full clean and pack in September. So, finally, first weekend of October, I finished everything: total deep cleaning of all my gear, organizing and packed away in the garage in an organized fasion, and I drank in the satisfaction of having everything done early. I wouldn't need to worry until next August, at the minimum, right?

Anyway, Decompression is in a few weeks and I totally forgot that I need all of that gear still... and it's going to get dirty again, with stuff that is NOT from the Playa, so I'll need to do a full cleaning again in order to not bring grass and pine leaves to the Playa... I need to rethink my order of operations for next year.

[BootKickingStrumpet]

I was finally able to put my BM experience into words.

[Patsh]

I was finally able to put my BM experience into words.

What?

You mean there are words for that???!!

[BootKickingStrumpet]

I was finally able to put my BM experience into words.

What?

You mean there are words for that???!!

Nearly 2,000 of them. I have to go back and fix the oblivious spelling mistakes I made. Thats what I get for writing at 3 AM.

[forty_eight]

fix the oblivious spelling mistakes I made. Thats what I get for writing at 3 AM.

what time did you post this local time, tho?

rofl, i kid.

correctly spelled wrong words kill me in this era of autocorrect and trigger finger spell check

[BootKickingStrumpet]

fix the oblivious spelling mistakes I made. Thats what I get for writing at 3 AM.

what time did you post this local time, tho?

rofl, i kid.

correctly spelled wrong words kill me in this era of autocorrect and trigger finger spell check

It was 3 AM (PST), mine was autocorrected in Word. I like bringing smiles where I can.

[lothos 1162]

My shit,1 week after the event was over,all my shit was cleaned,re-packed,re-stocked,started buying for next year.I don't have buy anything til May 2015.I am so way ahead of this shit.

[Aurelia]

Whatever

I am still living this year's shit
and it is very good

xoA.

[Just_Joe]

I'm pretty much buttoned up except for cutting my wristband off.
Someone at Reno Decomp mentioned I should just keep it on til next years event and pay the $20 re-entry.....

[theCryptofishist]

I'm pretty much buttoned up except for cutting my wristband off.
Someone at Reno Decomp mentioned I should just keep it on til next years event and pay the $20 re-entry.....

You'd need a ticket stub, and I don't think this year's will cut it.