Hrmf.

[ladysprite]

Everything is going so well.

I have enough work, I have enough money, I have someone who loves me, I have friends who care about me, I have at least some usefulness so I don't feel like a social sponge.

So why do I still feel the overwhelming, all-consuming urge to hide under the blankets and not come out until there's snow on the ground and the world has forgotten me?

Comments

[wren13.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just Pennsic brain? Or you are waiting for the other shoe to drop (my besetting sin, too)?

[lakshmi-amman.livejournal.com]

I'd go with some pre-Pennsic paranoia. It may not be all of the issue, but with Pennsic you are doing:
- something that everyone raves about - will it be as fun as they say?
- something that is a ton of work to prep for - will it be worth the work?
- something that everyone has advice for you on - which advice to take?
- something that almost everyone has a "bad story" about - a fight, a breakup, a trip to the hospital, etc, etc. - so... why was it we called this fun again?

All that excitement/tension can really get to a person. Things to remember:
- you have enough money to go to a movie if it's too hot, or a hotel if you just can't take camping anymore.
- you are with friends who can help with the unforseen calamities. Among us, we probably have a pretty good range of calamity management skills.
- you don't have to like it - you can hate it and never go again, heck, I bet you can even hate it, and go home early, and do something fun and touristy with your time on the way back.

Knowing that with a credit card, almost anything is possible, takes a lot of stress away from my pre-Pennsic jitters. Yeah, I still get jitters. Not as big as the first year, but I do have nerves about various aspects of Pennsic.