A Wassailing we did go!
Holy shit. That was so much better than the first time. I mean, lets just be honest here. Winter Wassail V-1.0 sucked. It was a tiny frozen slice of nightmare. I have felt awful about it for years! I feel so much better now. I had resigned myself to just letting all memory of the event fade away, never to be mentioned again. But my friends thought differently and I am so thankful for this.
I was asked to do it again and with help. The focus of the event was scaled back and refined. The campground paypal made registration go so much easier. There was just less to worry about, over all. I really really appreciate not having to do it alone. I didn't have any fucking-god-damed-allergic reactions. there were no horrifying storms. No blown fuses to cause the space heaters in the bathroom to fail and the pipes to freeze. Nothing crazy happened. The whole thing went off smoothly.
The people made it. I swear Laurel knows more songs than I know individual words. Hauk bringing his Guitar was awesome! Having musicians playing really makes it nice. Pretty much everyone there was musically inclined in some way, even if it was just a deep appreciation.
I see most of these people only 2 or if I'm extra lucky 3 times a year. But every time we get together we end up singing and stuffing our faces and so to have en entire weekend focussed around singing and music and food was just the best! Religion without celebration is just not worth it. It doesn't do anyone any good, as far as I'm concerned. I think hospitality is what builds community and so when people get together and share joy with each other then that is what builds healthy bonds between people and a healthy community. I'm so happy i have all those/you guys in my life ;-)
anyway. yeah... like any good creative excersize- this one has left me feeling like doing even more. There is already planning being done for more music and future Winter wassails. We have the date set! the first weekend in December 2010!
Now... I know there were some pictures taken and one or two movies taken. I am heartily looking forward to seeing them and if any of them are of me, i certainly hope they are all blurry but have really good sound ;-)
also- I have to say that the kids were awesome. Lily and Rachel and little David are all adorable. It made me smile to see the girls dancing and David is just amazingly cute. I'm amazed that we had a 7 month old in the dome with us all night and he was so good. I think "Oh holy night" put a bit of a fright in him, but he recovered pretty quickly. ;-) That baby has a very nice disposition.
now words to my hangover song-
I am hungover
like you could write about
I am hungover
my head feels kicked about
I am hungover
I had a lot to drink
I am hungover
I find it hard to think
(chorus)
I think I'll have a little water
I think I'll have some bread
I think I'll have a little water
Then I'll go back to bed
repeat verses and chorus until board, or make up more of your own ;-)
I was asked to do it again and with help. The focus of the event was scaled back and refined. The campground paypal made registration go so much easier. There was just less to worry about, over all. I really really appreciate not having to do it alone. I didn't have any fucking-god-damed-allergic reactions. there were no horrifying storms. No blown fuses to cause the space heaters in the bathroom to fail and the pipes to freeze. Nothing crazy happened. The whole thing went off smoothly.
The people made it. I swear Laurel knows more songs than I know individual words. Hauk bringing his Guitar was awesome! Having musicians playing really makes it nice. Pretty much everyone there was musically inclined in some way, even if it was just a deep appreciation.
I see most of these people only 2 or if I'm extra lucky 3 times a year. But every time we get together we end up singing and stuffing our faces and so to have en entire weekend focussed around singing and music and food was just the best! Religion without celebration is just not worth it. It doesn't do anyone any good, as far as I'm concerned. I think hospitality is what builds community and so when people get together and share joy with each other then that is what builds healthy bonds between people and a healthy community. I'm so happy i have all those/you guys in my life ;-)
anyway. yeah... like any good creative excersize- this one has left me feeling like doing even more. There is already planning being done for more music and future Winter wassails. We have the date set! the first weekend in December 2010!
Now... I know there were some pictures taken and one or two movies taken. I am heartily looking forward to seeing them and if any of them are of me, i certainly hope they are all blurry but have really good sound ;-)
also- I have to say that the kids were awesome. Lily and Rachel and little David are all adorable. It made me smile to see the girls dancing and David is just amazingly cute. I'm amazed that we had a 7 month old in the dome with us all night and he was so good. I think "Oh holy night" put a bit of a fright in him, but he recovered pretty quickly. ;-) That baby has a very nice disposition.
now words to my hangover song-
I am hungover
like you could write about
I am hungover
my head feels kicked about
I am hungover
I had a lot to drink
I am hungover
I find it hard to think
(chorus)
I think I'll have a little water
I think I'll have some bread
I think I'll have a little water
Then I'll go back to bed
repeat verses and chorus until board, or make up more of your own ;-)