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Post by krispiemae on May 13, 2010 23:37:40 GMT -5
Every year by the time Roo is over I am tired, dirty and just want to sleep in my own bed. Every year I swear I am not coming back. I make my husband promise we will vacation some place else next year....but as spring rolls around there is nothing else I can think about, and no where else I want to be. Anyone else?
i have to not cry on the drive out. im already thinking about the next year when im driving home. im glad to be headed home and glad for the four baths i take when i get home but im already thinking "when do we get the initial lineup?".......and im an old rooster
Every year by the time Roo is over I am tired, dirty and just want to sleep in my own bed. Every year I swear I am not coming back. I make my husband promise we will vacation some place else next year....but as spring rolls around there is nothing else I can think about, and no where else I want to be. Anyone else?
I don't think I've ever felt like that leaving there. I always feel a sense of loss when I am driving out, and wish it wouldn't end...... I am 43 and sleeping on the ground is really not great, and by Sunday night I am dirty and exhausted, but it is all so worth it. Once a year is just not enough.
I always plan on being on the farm, no matter the line up, and no matter my financial situation. Unless it really is that bad(which I doubt).
There is more to Bonnaroo than what the lineup insinuiates. Even though that deeply impacts everyone's decision, I personally, and I would rather not admit, am glad that the ticket sales are down this year. Makes for more easier oppertunities. I don't think I could have sounded more contradictoray, but it is very true.
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I am with dreamingtree. I am always a little sad leaving. I have never thought the sweaty ass port-a-potties were gonna keep me from my music. I have handiwipes and germX!
Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
Post by popsicle sarah on May 15, 2010 17:36:18 GMT -5
I cry every year when leaving the farm because I know I will have to wait an entire year to come back. I've been to many other festivals and Bonnaroo is the only one to have this affect on me. Like someone else said, it's not just about the music. No place I've ever been makes me feel the way Bonnaroo does...
Post by autumnsredtears on May 16, 2010 10:12:43 GMT -5
leno'ed for making a custy joke... it was a joke, sorry for whoever took it seriously.... whatever though. walking away from a fest smelling like shit and being sad just means you had a good time!
I remember after our first Bonnaroo, we drove straight home (11 hours or so) and in the shower, scrubbing off the dirt I was feeling a bit sad and nostalgic, but felt the experience was the perfect length of time. It was magical and different.
While smiling and scrubbing the crap out of my grody feet my husband says, "Wow, I am so glad I am home. I don't think I would ever want to go back." It freaked me out because I thought we were on the same page. As the week continued he had all these negative feelings about the trip - back hurt, sunburn, spent too much, DBs in Centeroo, DBs camped next to us, etc.
A month later he was asking when the next Bonnaroo was. We bought early bird tickets for the next year without knowing the lineup because we both were so excited to return.
I think it happens to some, like a mental version of Roo Flu. Maybe too much goodness in a short span of time can make people feel a bit disappointed or upset? But like the Roo Flu, my husband was right as rain very soon, ready to buy Gold Bond in bulk! ;D
Bonnaroo my happy place that I go to in my head when I'm stressed out and about to hurt someone at work. In 4 years I have never regreted going, the only regrets I've ever had at bonnaroo were missing a few shows that I shouldn't have missed.
Post by pondo ROCKS on May 16, 2010 15:00:46 GMT -5
Every year, I go home and have the music and the vibe still swirling around in my head. I gently put my horns and clock up and then it hits me...one whole year until that feeling of farm-music-& Bliss again....
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Post by onesweetla83 on May 17, 2010 11:01:45 GMT -5
I didn't want to leave last year and I've been impatient to get back ever since the day we returned. Showers and bed are nice, but they're not Bonnaroo.
The only time i ever swore of roo was after the rains and mud in 04. It was all too much at the time. But since then i've only missed one year, and it was painful not being on the farm knowing all that magic was going on so close. Bonnaroo is my happy place during work and school; i just sit there making the same packing list over and over when i'm fed up. I've taken a few friends who will never go back because of the heat, the dust, all the people, etc, but that's a sentiment that i just don't understand. I'm also kind of happy about ticket sales being down this year since it'll be a change of pace.
Post by tommyboy7328 on May 18, 2010 12:24:34 GMT -5
I too think about the farm all year round except i cant talk to anyone about as they tell me every year after the first 6 months or so that i am just "sick". well i would have to agree. I love the Roo for the music, the people, the food, the fun, the stress free environment, the love, the smells (well some of them), the sights (well most of them), the shear and utter happiness that i feel the whole time i am there unlike any other time of the year (well Christmas aint half bad). I think you get my point. It is my Utopia and yes i usually leave with a tear in my eye and a heavy heart. I love my Roo family and cant wait to see you guys in 3 weeks!!!!!