Pennsic's coming
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 01:06:53 +0000
The subject of Pennsic came up last weekend. I did not mention it when the pre-registration deadline came up because it's been such a flash point in previous years. The last few years I have gone without anniemal, and she resents that. But (by being pervasively drunk) she has made herself unwelcome in our camp, and she has not found another camp. I'm not particularly interested in changing camps.
She also seems less adamant about keeping the van for going to the Hippy Farm. The last 2 years I've taken all my stuff for 2 weeks (tent, food, garb, instruments, projects, tools) in the Mazda 323. It's not really big enough. It's been crammed so full I couldn't even see out the passenger window. And neither year did she go to the farm those 3 weekends I was gone. She did not use the van. And as for going to the farm, she would be making weekend trips, and her camp should have already been set up by late July, so she should not have had a lot to take. Taking the dog (since no one would be home, with me at Pennsic) would be a complication, and he'd take up potential luggage space in the car. But how much do you need for a weekend at an established site?
I will, of course, use more gas driving 6 hours each way in a large van instead of a small car. But once I get there, I don't drive anywhere else until we all leave.
Anniemal has been using the van a lot this summer to help her OkCupid buddy move stuff between his apartment and a couple of storage lockers, but that hasn't been happening on a consistent schedule. Stopping for a couple of weeks might not be such a big deal.
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The subject of Pennsic came up last weekend. I did not mention it when the pre-registration deadline came up because it's been such a flash point in previous years. The last few years I have gone without anniemal, and she resents that. But (by being pervasively drunk) she has made herself unwelcome in our camp, and she has not found another camp. I'm not particularly interested in changing camps.
- My camp likes me.
- They're good people.
- We have a good location (partial shade; a short hike to the activities, but many others are much farther away).
- Hot showers. (That's my threshold for civilization - not electricity, but hot water.)
- Real stove. Meal plan, cooked dinners.
She also seems less adamant about keeping the van for going to the Hippy Farm. The last 2 years I've taken all my stuff for 2 weeks (tent, food, garb, instruments, projects, tools) in the Mazda 323. It's not really big enough. It's been crammed so full I couldn't even see out the passenger window. And neither year did she go to the farm those 3 weekends I was gone. She did not use the van. And as for going to the farm, she would be making weekend trips, and her camp should have already been set up by late July, so she should not have had a lot to take. Taking the dog (since no one would be home, with me at Pennsic) would be a complication, and he'd take up potential luggage space in the car. But how much do you need for a weekend at an established site?
I will, of course, use more gas driving 6 hours each way in a large van instead of a small car. But once I get there, I don't drive anywhere else until we all leave.
Anniemal has been using the van a lot this summer to help her OkCupid buddy move stuff between his apartment and a couple of storage lockers, but that hasn't been happening on a consistent schedule. Stopping for a couple of weeks might not be such a big deal.
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/681294.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]