My Epic Journey Home

[motskyroonmatick]

What an amazing story! I'm very glad you came out of the crazy dangerous part intact. That was wild! Reading of your adventures is most excellent. I love the post and tease what the next installment is. The wait is sooooo suspenseful!!

Wishing you the best outcome with your neck. That has to be scary.

[theCryptofishist]

At this rate, she's going to be hosting "Jax Dee's Bedtime Stories" next year.

[ygmir]

At this rate, she's going to be hosting "Jax Dee's Bedtime Stories" next year.

*dons smoking jacket*

[gaminwench]

... adjusts lighting...

passes out chocolate truffles and port...

[ygmir]

dp

hhhhmmmmm.............

[Lassen Forge]

dp

hhhhmmmmm.............

Usually it means Dual Post, but if she was writing about you, perhaps it was "Desirious Person"?? --giggles--

By the way, Yg... as long as your coat's only smoking, not burning! Mind if I join you while we wait?

[ygmir]

oh yeah.......speak french.................

[Lassen Forge]

Merci beaucoup, mon soldat d'amour très beau, mais vous ne me laissez sans voix tout à fait.

[Dr. Pyro]

I feel like Gomez Addams and BBSue is Morticia.

[Lassen Forge]

I was thinknig of changing avatars, but then it wouldn't be Wednesday anymore!

Besides... Tish is the *real* Morticia. IIRC wasn't Sputnik Gomez? And I don't remember who was using Pugsley... tho with your orange wig, you could do a damn fine Itt. --giggles--

(J'aspire au jour plus d'ePlaya...)

[ygmir]

I feel like Gomez Addams and BBSue is Morticia.

that Doc.......he catches on so fast........

*smoochin up BBS' arm*.........

[maryanimal]

Bump!

I hope Jax is doing ok. I haven't seen her in here in a while!


*looks around at all the happy faces*

[Jax Dee]

Hello all, I've been busy at the surgeon and scheduling surgery. I am having a triple cervical fusion on 10/17/11. I am so happy this is finally set up! I look forward to feeling better after the surgery. You've all waited long enough, here is the end of my story.

Part Nine

So there I am in LA waiting for the bus to Fresno. Everything was delayed. I began to surf facebook to kill some time. I
begin to see pictures of places very near my home completely under water. Apparently it is flooding. WTF. I text my Mum and
ask her if the house is okay. She says yes, we live on high ground thankfully, but my brother's car is under 8 feet of
water. So in the space of three weeks an earthquake, a hurricane, and flooding has hit where I live. I begin to think I am
better off in Cali at this point. The girl next to me asks to borrow my phone and we strike up a conversation. She seems
shy but very sweet. Once we finally get on the bus we don't sit together but are still close enough to talk when we feel
like it. As we get closer to Fresno she seems more worried. We are behind schedule and we are now going to be getting
there after dark. I know from her borrowing my phone that she is expected at an intake appointment for the women's shelter.
She has asked for the address and walking directions when she was on the phone. I can tell she is not familiar with Fresno
or she wouldn't be planning to walk through that area of town at night.

I call my Gran and ask her if my Aunt is picking me up and if she know's where the shelter is. Gran says actually my Aunt
works on a contract with them and should know exactly where it is. So for once on this trip instead of relying on others to
help me out I am able to pay it forward a bit and give this woman a safe ride to the shelter. It felt nice to help someone
else out. I get to my Gran's finally around 930pm. I am so happy because I have not seen her in two years, the longest I've
gone without seeing her. We are very close. In fact my whole family is close. While I spend the next week in Fresno I get
to see all my Aunts, Uncles, and cousins, as well as family friends. Some of the visit is bitterweet because it just upsets
my family. They knew I was not well, but seeing first hand how my health has degenerated and the pain I live in on a daily
basis is shocking for them, which is painful for me. But at least I get to spend some quality time with them when I didn't
think I would be able to see them at all after Burning Man. It is with a heavy heart that I get back on the bus to catch my
flight in LA.

So begins that last leg of my epic journey home. I spend 5 hours on a bus to LA. Then another 30 minutes on a bus to Union
Station. Then another hour on a bus to LAX. Then I check in, eat some food, head to my gate, and realize I still have
another 4 hours to wait until my flight. And everyone made fun of me for bringing 6 books to Burning Man with me. I kill
time reading and surfing the internet on my phone. At one point a flight lands and unloads it passengers in front of me and
I swear Henry Winkler gets off the plane and passes me. Finally it is time to board. I am exhausted and in pain and of
course can't sleep. It is an overnight flight but I spend the whole 5 hours awake and miserable. I land at 545am. I try to
get ahold of my Mum as I disembark but no go. I finally think to call my Dad and he has actually parked and is waiting for
me in the airport as I come out at baggage claim. I am so happy to be in Virginia even if I do hate living here

So it took almost a full month but I made it home safe and sound. Thank you to all my ePlaya friends who kept me sane while
I planned my trip. Thank you to Fishy for saving me in Reno. Thank you to the Tren Way Bike Camp for being awesome friends
and taking care of me on playa. Thank you Nicole and Greg for getting my stuff to LA. Thank you Danny and Mims for getting
me to LA. Thank you Brendan and his sweet girlfriend for putting me up. Thank you to my cousin Sean for driving all the way
to LA and grabbing/storing my stuff for me. Thank you to my parents for helping me to get a plane ticket home. Thank you
to my Gran for letting me stay with her a week while I waited for my flight home. Thank you to my family for spending time
with me and cheering me up. Thank you to my Dad for picking me up from the airport at such an ungodly hour. And thank you
all of you who have spent some time here reading my stories, appreciating my comments, and just generally making this whole
experience something to be proud of instead of freaked out about. I love you all.

[Elderberry]

WOW! What a trip you had. Enjoyed reading about it and glad it had a happy ending.

[Savannah]

[theCryptofishist]

You're welcome. And I'm glad you got a chance to pay it forward.
And best of luck for the surgery. I'm sure that there are people here who will want to know how that goes.

[Elliot]

I'm speechless.

[Minxy]

Thank you so much for sharing your adventure with us. It's awesome to read and I'm glad you made it home safely after getting to visit your family!

I'm so glad your surgery is scheduled. I'll be thinking about you! =)

[Milayna]

Yayyy!!! (clapping and cheering is heard throughout the room)

What a happy ending!! I so hope to meet you in BRC next year

[graidawg]

thank you jax for sharing such an amazing story, and for coming out of it whole and unscarred. best of luck with the surgery.

[deutlich]

Wow! A whole month?! Just. WOW.

So glad you made it back to the east coast in one piece!!

I walked past Henry Winkler once in DC, about 15 years ago. It's funny how celebrity sightings happen SO QUICK. Which makes me think of back when Enrique Iglesias & Anna Kournikouva (sp?) were "not dating" (it was tabloid fodder for months). I sat next to the two of 'em at breakfast in Philly. Their particular rendition of tongue fucking was nothing short of vomit-inducing. It was BREAKFAST, for cripes sake. Lemme at least finish ma coffee!

And I'm SO sorry I missed you @ the Warehouse. I have a stupid stomach that often hates alcohol and after 1.5 drinks I ended up praying to the porcelain gods and having to split.

Wishing you the speediest of recoveries when you get that surgery!!

[Drawingablank]

Great story and best of luck with the surgery.

[ygmir]

*sits, staring at the monitor, just like after a great movie, hoping, "there's more", and feeling fulfilled, and at the same time, sad, the story is over*

Oh thank you JD!!

the very best to you on your surgery, and, upcoming adventure.........

[Patsh]

JD Thank you for sharing your heart-rending adventure with us...
I'm wishing you the very best with the surgery
and looking forward to an update when you're up to it.

[Jax Dee]

Thank you all for the kind wishes. I will be sure to post updates. You are welcome to friend me on facebook too: http://www.facebook.com/palefenix. I try to make updates there more regularly. I expect with two weeks of recovery time I will be spending plenty of time on the computer anyway.

[jella]

((((((Jax Dee)))))) safe and swift journey to recovery

[Eric]

Jax- just keep thinking about the positive at the other end of the surgery & it will help carry you through the pain before it.

Thank you for sharing your story- very well written and very much a page-turner. Hmmm... novelize it....?

[gaminwench]

You are a bright light in the chandelier that is eplaya...
(thanks, yg)


Burn on...
we're with you...

[Sham]

Hey Jax, best wishes on an easy and successful surgery and a fast recovery. Those were some amazing stories you told, and I look forward too seeing the movie version at some point. I am so glad you made it through with your positive attitude intact!

I feel so incredibly pathetic telling my horror story of my trip home, in which my flight was cancelled and I had to stay the night in Reno and drive to SF in the morning to catch another flight. I was delayed a whole day!

Thank you for sharing your amazing adventures. I look forward hearing the great outcome on the surgery now, and that will make everything right!

[Bin Noddin]

pheewww...can breath again. All the best with your surgery and recovery.