Greenbelt is also 40 this year. I'm really looking forwards to going and am seeing it as the start of my birthday celebrations. It will be great to reconnect with lots of people I've not seen for a whole year - and in some cases much longer - one of my friends from down South is going for the first time and I can't remember the last time I saw her. Some loved ones won't be there this year which is a shame, but I'm so pleased my daughter's godparents will be over from Istanbul - it's such a brilliant place to gather. I've not forgotten tho that I've found parts of previous festivals v v tricky - it's the highlight of my year but it's not without its stress and has a lot of emotional history. I'll be travelling down in the t-shirt I bought there when we were celebrating our 21st birthdays - lots has happened to both me and greenbelt in the intervening years!!
I've shaved my head so the lack of showering will be less obvious, so I'm feeling prepared and reasonably relaxed about anything we may forget. That's my plan - I want to be laid back no matter what. People focussed not deadline driven - it really doesn't matter what time we get there. I hate catching myself yell "we told her we'd be there by now" which I seem to shout with alarming regularity. One of the beauties of greenbelt is there is so much to delight in, if you don't make it to an event at a specific time, there's always some other joy to behold instead. I'm already smiling :D
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