Quiet River Raging

So my 20th (OMG!!!!!) High School reunion is scheduled for September 13. Thanks to the various financial issues of this past spring (both planned and unplanned), I'd sort of written off doing anything else "fun" pretty much until the end of the year. Still not sure whether I'm going to make it to Stones Rising, but I hope to.

Tickets to the reunion are just under $40. I can stay at Mom's house, and probably use her car for the evening, too. I checked JetBlue for flight costs - R/T would be about $230. Not cheap, but certainly not exorbitant either. I'd only need to take a total of 3 days off from both jobs.

Here's the kind of weird part - I haven't seen a single one of my classmates since the 10th reunion. I don't keep in touch with any of them. The only person from my high school years that I keep in touch with on a regular basis is genevieve2006 - we met in 7th grade and I switched schools after 9th grade. It wound up being a good move (I literally HATED people at my first high school).

But that isn't the case with where I graduated from. I got along with most people. Sure, there were people I didn't like, but that's true pretty much everywhere.

I know what you're thinking - Gee, Heather, why do you want to go and spend a whole evening with a bunch of people you haven't seen in 10 years? Honestly? I don't know. I had a good time at the 10th reunion - got to see who got skinny, who got fat, whose hair receded, who was married, who was still single. All I know is that I would really like to go.

So what's the problem? I really want to go to Stones Rising, too. Costs for that weekend will wind up being about the same, between registration fees, meal plan, and gas to get there and home. Oh, and SR is only 2 weekends prior to my reunion.

So there's the dilemma. Making sure that I only use the money I make at the store, I COULD swing both weekends. But I also still need to (continue) to pay for a certain overseas trip I just took.

Arrrgghhh.

Any advice? Input? Anyone?

My 4QF materials arrived earlier this week, so I took the time to figure out what my dues and fees were this year and the check is right-this-very-minute sitting in the mailbox, waiting for pick-up. In addition to the usual Veteran member's fees, I got my annual tent permit again - it just saves so much time in getting set up, even when I have to mop up water or evict the daddy-long-legs from under the rain fly. I also got an auto membership this year. I may not actually use it for the events I plan to attend, but if I change my mind, at least I'll have the option of parking somewhat near my campsite if I want/need to.

I've also dog-eared the pages for the events I plan to attend this year, and heavily marked the due dates to get my fees in by. So, in case anyone is interested, this is when I plan to go up to the Farm this year:

Bealtainne
Drum and Splash
Stones Rising

I've already requested these dates off at the store, and getting them off at the full-time job shouldn't be a problem, especially since my Friday off falls on every single one of these weekends (SCORE!!!).

Now I just need to start going through my gear and getting it organized and ready for the season. I can't wait to see everyone again!