What it means to go home

Clar-i-ty · Post by **Clar-i-ty** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:29 pm

I was talking to my son tonight as we drove to get some dinner.

"Hey, know what I was just thinking about?" I asked.

"Hmm?"

"That moment when we are waiting in line for the gate on the Playa, and everyone around us is happy and excited to be there."

His face changed into a peaceful grin. "Yeah, that's just like..."

"...a relief," I said, finishing his thought.

"Yeah, it just feels so good to be there, and then when we get into the city and see Center Camp...I really want to go to the Playa again."

"We will." I assured him. "There's no place like home."

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:36 pm

FINALLY
someone else to talk with...

wait patiently each year for you all to come back HOME.

Clar-i-ty · Post by **Clar-i-ty** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:00 pm

I'm already there in my mind.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:13 pm

LOL

hard to pour you a beer that way though

Clar-i-ty · Post by **Clar-i-ty** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:16 pm

mmm....beer!

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:18 pm

Home Brewed for the Playa

doppelGanger · Post by **doppelGanger** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:04 pm

magic

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:21 am

Illusion

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:49 am

There you are, maybe 7 or 8 years old. It's late May or June, and you're sitting at your desk in school. It's sometime in the afternoon. Warm weather, can't stop looking out the window.

Suddenly, the bell rings. School's out for the summer!

Going home is kinda like that.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:03 am

if only it were three months long

doppelGanger · Post by **doppelGanger** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:07 am

oneeyeddick wrote:if only it were three months long

I felt like that my first day, and realized why it lasts only a week on my 5th. Although three months would be really fun...

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:05 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:There you are, maybe 7 or 8 years old. It's late May or June, and you're sitting at your desk in school. It's sometime in the afternoon. Warm weather, can't stop looking out the window.

Suddenly, the bell rings. School's out for the summer!

Going home is kinda like that.

Oh, man... that made my heart jump, Dougly. Hit the nail on the head.

Orchid · Post by **Orchid** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:04 pm

When we get to the gates I usually feel intense relief, joy, and a need to find a porta pottie immediately after sitting in line for so long.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:43 am

Home is about the people and the individual experiences we have. Oh and it's about the Home Brew too.

Post by **Sham** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:38 am

Deb Prothero wrote:Home is about the people and the individual experiences we have. Oh and it's about the Home Brew too.

Hi Deb---welcome back. I hope you are doing ok these days. You were missed, but now all is better that you're back!

Minxy · Post by **Minxy** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:47 am

I get out of our vehicle and it's this mix of RELIEF and this incredible, indescribable glow of JOY and LOVE and EXCITEMENT. What will the week hold? What adventures (and hardships) will occur? I'M HOME!!!!!!!

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:44 am

I like sitting in on your memories.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:15 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:There you are, maybe 7 or 8 years old. It's late May or June, and you're sitting at your desk in school. It's sometime in the afternoon. Warm weather, can't stop looking out the window.

Suddenly, the bell rings. School's out for the summer!

Going home is kinda like that.

Wow, I just had a sudden sense memory of that feeling... third grade. There was almost a flavor to it. The last couple of days, not much being done, just waiting, and feeling like school was already over. No more expectations or undone tasks. Just release.