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Post by monkybunney on Mar 2, 2012 12:15:21 GMT -5
How long does it take you to get back to "normal" after attending Bonnaroo?
The first time I went to a camping festival it was only a 45 minute drive from where I lived. It started on a Thursday and ended the following Sunday. So I naively figured, Awesome! I only need to take one vacation day, and can be back at work on Monday. The fest was life changing, I’d never experienced anything like it and I’d never met and hung out with so many just awesome and cool people. It warms my heart even now thinking of it. So we packed up on Sunday evening and drove home. I had never been so exhausted. I set my alarm and crashed out.
The next morning driving in to work I was seriously asking myself, “Am I even going to be able to function today?” The answer turned out was NO. No, I would not be able to function effectively that day. After spending over 72 hours hanging out with beautiful freaks in a giant free for all music fest party I found returning to work and those very normal, decent people, but very normal people, was a complete shock to my system. I was probably asked 20 times “Are you feeling OK?”…I couldn’t answer “OMG OMG YOU HAVE NOOO IDEA!!I went to this music festival and there were THOUSANDS of AWESOME COOL people, I was totally out of my mind for like 3 days, I saw like 100 bands, and there was this place called shake down st. and OH..MAH..GAWD, you would not believe what happens there!!” No, that would scare these gentle people. “Oh yeah I’m fine, just a little tired.”
Now I make sure I take at least the next 24-36 hours off from the time I get back home to decompress. Just curious, how about you fine folks? Have you experienced Post-Ecstatic-Bonnaroo Disorder? How long would you recommend taking off after getting home from a fest like Bonnaroo?
Post by dreamingtree on Mar 2, 2012 12:46:48 GMT -5
I live and work in Nashville, so I go home Sunday night and go to work on Monday morning. I am usually exhausted and do nothing but talk about Bonnaroo all week but my friends and boss get it, so I am lucky
How long does it take you to get back to "normal" after attending Bonnaroo?
I don't think you ever return to "normal" or baseline again. Sure, it's easy enough to pretend not to notice the ridiculousness and pettiness of workaday existence. But, it feels like you're holding your breath the entire year, waiting to take the next big breath as you come to the surface at the next 'Roo.
I live and work in Nashville, so I go home Sunday night and go to work on Monday morning. I am usually exhausted and do nothing but talk about Bonnaroo all week but my friends and boss get it, so I am lucky
That's awesome! Yeah, where I work the folks are good people to be sure, but ordering margaritas at a mexican restaurant during lunch is considered being wacky and throwing caution to the wind.
I don't think you ever return to "normal" or baseline again. Sure, it's easy enough to pretend not to notice the ridiculousness and pettiness of workaday existence. But, it feels like you're holding your breath the entire year, waiting to take the next big breath as you come to the surface at the next 'Roo.
Too True that! But I can't just snap back into the guise, I gotta take a day to stuff it all back in the box.
Post by wraithpinned on Mar 2, 2012 13:38:17 GMT -5
i have a 10 hour drive back home from roo, so i usually take monday and tuesday off from work and it can be expected that it's all i talk about at work/with my friends for the next few weeks. i'm a bartender though, so it gives me something to talk to guests about i then start thinking about ways to make the experience better next year. i would say bonnaroo takes up about 70 percent of my brain...
Post by thebigbuddha on Mar 2, 2012 13:51:34 GMT -5
I also used to return on Monday, but the last few years I have been taking the following Monday and Tuesday off. My head still ain't right until at least the next Monday, but I can function somewhat properly and start to deal with my cubicle existence after a couple extra days. I use the days off to dance in my bedroom to internet radio, clean all my stuff, and bask in the 'Roo afterglow.
Reality is a biznatch. I honestly feel a pretty lost after Roo (especially after my first one). "What do you MEAN I can't lie down and nap wherever I want??" "Why isn't there music playing everywhere??" "Makeup?? What is that??" This reminds me of a quote I was reading a few days ago. I was reviewing a little notebook from Roo 2010 and one page says: "Overheard: 'Yeah, but that's the real world! THIS is Bonnaroo!'" Again, reality is a biznatch.
And to answer your other question, I go right to work. Last year, I got home at around 4 AM on Tuesday and went into work a little late at like 9:00. The year before, I got home around 8:30 Monday night and went into work at my normal time (the difference of leaving Sunday night vs Monday morning). It's not easy to do, but I can't waste a vacation day doing nothing.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
So last year was my first, and LUCKILY i wasn't working at the time. But i have experienced PEBD basically since last year ended. I feel bad for my friends because i sometimes i feel like i obsess too much and discuss what happened last year, or what is going to happen this year. I remember i was like consitently smiling and happy for the week after roo, and just didn't have a single care in the world, and giving off that good vibe to everyone i came accross. It was a shocker when i smiled at someone and they scolded back....
As i said i luckily didn't work last year, now i have a full time job, and have to conserve vacation days, so i'm not exactly sure what i am going to do. Because like you i know i will be useless coming in to work the monday after. I may just "work" at home luckily that is an option:-)
I live 8 hours away, and I always feel worn out when I return to work on Tuesday, even if I get a good amount of sleep Monday night. Usually, I don't start feeling "normal" until later in the week, like Thursday or Friday. Bonnaroo wears me out - in every way, shape and form - but I love it and wouldn't have it any other way!
Post by monkybunney on Mar 2, 2012 16:48:13 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm still a little discombobulated for a few days but the first day back I can't do anything but, as thebigbuddah put it "Bask in the Roo afterglow". I just sit around thinking "WOW! That really happened!"
I'll take off Wed, Thur, and Fri....drive back Sunday night, back at work Monday morning, but will not be productive until Tuesday, or fully productive until the following week.
Like bonzai, I can't waste a vacation day doing nothing.
As a side note, I will not be very productive Mon or Tue before either.....
I requested off work from the 4th to the 14th I live in philly I am leaving on the 5th to meet up with some folks and then I leave on monday the 11th get home on the 12th need about 2 days to recoopermarate...haha..and I dont even drink or do d-rugs all that is needed for the pure excitment to dwindle to normal human being levels.
Post by gardenfresh on Mar 4, 2012 21:52:51 GMT -5
My PEBD from 2011 is still going strong. I have nightmares (well I guess just dreams of fond memories) and somehow can't stop buying lotto tickets.
in 2010, my PEBD left a lasting impact because I never looked at concerts the same way again. That was my first experience of a festival of that size and magnitude. First camping festival. For an avid music fan, it really opened my ears.
i then start thinking about ways to make the experience better next year. i would say bonnaroo takes up about 70 percent of my brain...
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
