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The Pennsic "Kübler-Ross" Model

topic posted Fri, August 3, 2007 - 7:29 AM by  offlineFionnghuala
Since discovering that many of the rest of you get "Pennsic Anxiety" dreams too...maybe this, too, is a shared experience.

In that spirit I give you...


"The Five Stages of Pennsic Pre-Prep..."


1. DENIAL: "WHAT? It can't possibly be August already."

2. ANGER: "F#$%ing sewing! F#$%ing packing! F#$%ing car trouble! F#$%ing shorted paycheck! Heat dust sweat crowding potential camp draaAaaAaaahma, driving driving driving driving (and more driving) I can't take it not again arRrrgGh!"

3. BARGAINING: "C'mon. It'll be worth it once you're out there. There's, um, unicorns and rainbows actually. And Dove Bars growing on trees and s***."

4. DEPRESSION: "Why do I do this to myself every year?"

5. ACCEPTANCE: "Well, better go load up the car..."


*sigh*


Well. Better go load up the car. :P
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  • Kate
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    Re: The Pennsic "Kübler-Ross" Model

    Wed, July 16, 2008 - 7:33 AM
    1) Denial: I have plenty of time to pack it's a month away. (now it's 12 days eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!)

    2)Anger: Shut up! I will too be packed early this year.

    3)Barganing: If I can just get this done first everything else will be easy.

    4)Depression: Why do I do this to myself every year(garb searching at 3am the night before we leave)

    5)Acceptance:Well better go help the husband load the trailer.
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    • Diane
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      Re: The Pennsic "Kübler-Ross" Model

      Wed, July 16, 2008 - 12:25 PM
      So, I'm sitting down, watching the idiot box, mending garb, putting ribbon in the chemise and my pile is quickly growing smaller then I get this miner emergency and had to take a (sight impaired) friend and her daughter to the hospital ER - the daughter cut herself on the knee with broken glass (no stitches but that's only because the girl got hysterical at that thought)....so she was super glued instead. I got home at 1130 and just went to bed...I was so confident I could get through that pile last night. I need to wash my bedding (and fabric for 2 pair of pants) that the felines have used all year and do some pre-cooking (sugar free almond cookies and a few meat pasties)...

      Anyone know how long meat pasties will last in the cooler? I bought some really nice beef at the farmers market and thought I'd use that to make the pasties...

      So, I know that there won't be chocolate milk, but I wonder if the store will carry milk for war? Lately I've had cravings for drinking milk. I don't have to worry about the car, I'm carpooling (yeah!)....I've started my staging area...of course I don't have much storage and the tarps and chairs are already in the trunk...need citronella oil...

      OK, I'm stopping now....

      Is it here yet?

      D.
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        Re: The Pennsic "Kübler-Ross" Model

        Mon, July 28, 2008 - 4:07 AM
        Not sure how the pasty project is going; but my lord's knight and his lady routinely go to Pennsic and live off of a cooler of ready-to-cook kebabs, which they've prepped and frozen in advance.

        Provided you have the means to keep frozen goods frozen (i.e., I think they might have a mini-freezer in back of camp) it sounds like a great way to keep food-costs down.

        I wouldn't mind surviving off of mainly pasties at War. :) Just make sure there's plenty of HP sauce!
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