Still alive
Just to confirm, however: there is no cake.
I did get back from the Burn; it was a very good trip. I had to plunge straight back into a full-time job, though, so this last week has been spent catching up on sleep and things like "what am I going to take for lunch". I have a bunch of equipment to unpack and clean. I'm hoping that somewhere in the middle of all that, I'll be able to sit down and write a trip report before it all fades from memory.
I'm also taking a few deep breaths as landing and decompression was unexpectedly hard for me to adjust to this year; this is also the first big block of time in a couple of months that has not been consumed by Burn prep. I just washed my car, which has needed it for nine months or more. I'm fixing things that fell apart because of neglect. I'm juggling new angles on interpersonal relationships that have me alternately cheerful and befuddled (clearing my head in the desert often has aftereffects). So I'm bound to be a bit distracted and mentally unavailable for a bit as I settle everything and get comfortable again.
I'm better off than I was, and improvement is always good. Beyond that, I'll get back to you.
I did get back from the Burn; it was a very good trip. I had to plunge straight back into a full-time job, though, so this last week has been spent catching up on sleep and things like "what am I going to take for lunch". I have a bunch of equipment to unpack and clean. I'm hoping that somewhere in the middle of all that, I'll be able to sit down and write a trip report before it all fades from memory.
I'm also taking a few deep breaths as landing and decompression was unexpectedly hard for me to adjust to this year; this is also the first big block of time in a couple of months that has not been consumed by Burn prep. I just washed my car, which has needed it for nine months or more. I'm fixing things that fell apart because of neglect. I'm juggling new angles on interpersonal relationships that have me alternately cheerful and befuddled (clearing my head in the desert often has aftereffects). So I'm bound to be a bit distracted and mentally unavailable for a bit as I settle everything and get comfortable again.
I'm better off than I was, and improvement is always good. Beyond that, I'll get back to you.