Busy day of pre-project necessities. Ieva leaves in the morning, giving me time to finish packing in time for Victor to drop by and pick up my bag, guitar, and items purchased through me for an incoming Crafty. After this, heading off to meet with Becky and pick up an air mattress. Catching up over Indian food, and then off to get some hair removed from my head. A stop by the grocery store for breakfast supplies, and back home.
Some more travel e-mails. Cleaning. Chris arrives from Connecticut just as I'm preparing to head to the laundromat for some necessary last minute stuff, and we head over together. Plenty of discussion about jargon, what this project might be like, and general conversation.
Back to my place; some more organizing, and practicing with Chris until somewhere around midnight, interspersed with phone calls about incoming Crafties. Victor graciously puts up two more Crafties that have flown in and could not secure a hotel room, which means that no one arriving to this course will have had to remain in the airport over night.
Some more discussion, and then we head to the airport to pick up Christina, who is flying in at 1:00 am. Back to my place around 1:45, and we all quickly turn in for the night.
Day 0
7:00 am: wake up, shower. Sitting at 8 am with Christina, Chris, and myself. Erin arrives to my house as we're eating breakfast. Some catching up and visiting over coffee, and then a quick clean-up. Packing and piling into Chris's car, and on the road at 10:00.
Constant texts and calls. Part of my job for this course. Par for the course.
Arrival at Camp Caravan, approximately noon. Dispatching to various rooms, busy work until the first van from the airport arrives. All arrivals seem generally happy, and lots of good will all around. I've managed to give myself a blister (and subsequently destroy it) in the first fifteen minutes through sweeping.
Lunch at 2:00. Quiet.
More busy stuff. Prepared the auditorium. Some practicing. Showed John H. and David L. the 16 Bar Exercise, part of Third Relation, and a touch of Where is the Nurse. A bit of texting back and forth with Ieva, and keeping up to date with various travel issues. Shooting shit with Tim and Curt.
Dinner at 8:00 in the tent we've rented for the course, with Erin as head chef. Eggplant parmesan, which is delicious, and the first appearance on a course (reportedly) of salad dressing squerd, which is also tasty. As we're eating, I see Dev scamper off, and then up at the house I can see Victor arrive, which means RF has also arrived--once Bill arrives, my duties as travel coordinator will be half-completed. House stuff with Alex, and then 90 minutes of dishes. Some more back and forth with Ieva, paying for strings, diary stuff at 11:20.
Physically uncomfortable. Gave up pillow to Luigi because we ran out, bed to Jon because a top bunk is impossible for him. Will be sleeping this week on a thin pad with my sitting pillow. Not ideal, but oh well.
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