Categories: festivals
Tags: plea for sympathy, Greenbelt, wibmeet
Date: 23 August 2008 20:59:35
I'm here, we've had the wibmeet, flapjacks were consumed (all of them!), I've been to a talk, done some worship, seen some music, met loads of people, not slept as it was so chuffing cold last night, ate plenty, drank some beer, not sang hymns yet but will probably do so (with beer) tomorrow. All in all I'm enjoying myself :)
It struck me at the wibmeet (which HD also attended) that we (well, I!) was talking to lots of different people about our life, and because it was Greenbelt and it's great to see people it was all "yeah, I live here, he lives there, it's a bit stressy, big smiles, pass the flapjacks" sort of thing. And it was wonderful and fun and all the rest of it. But he's the one who sees me when I'm in tears because I'm so exhausted from all the travelling and stressed about all the work I've got to do and all the rest of it, and it struck me that life online and IRL is really complicated, because both of these aspects are true. I *am* knackered, I do get tearful, but I can also be really energetic and animated when I'm talking about it. I suspect I need to get a bit more balance, so it's not just HD who's stuck with the whingey me and not just faraway friends who see the happy smiley animated face. Either that or have another beer ;)
Anyway - how fantastic to see everyone again. I am aware (hours after the event) that I forgot to give Dave's sister money for the tea. I hope she wasn't too much out of pocket and I shall look out for her over the next 2 days. But this is just to acknowledge my embarrassment and that I didn't mean to sponge!
We're seeing Seth Lakeman perform tonight. Am very very excited about that!