Summer Festival

[zana16]

I did it! I finally bought my tickets to London!

I've been putting that off for months. Every time I thought about it, I started panicking. It took me two hours to get to the office today (stoopid Metro, either the damn rail is safe or it isn't; if it isn't you shouldn't have trains on it at all, going one mile an hour is not going to make the thing safe!! grr) but it was entirely worth it because now I have tickets, I am registered for Festival, and it did not cost as much as I had feared.

This weekend I took Refuge Vows for the first time, so I can now say I'm really a Buddhist. Which is... scary (aah! commitment!) but also incredibly, surprisingly comforting.

Now my only nervousness is 6000+ Kadampas in a small town, let alone the part where we'll all try to crowd into the temple. I don't do well with crowds.

I stuck two days on after Festival ends to do... something. I dunno. Anyone want me to come visit them? I'll be near Manchester for Festival, then in London as that's where I'm flying out.

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Excellent! *g*

[lysimache.livejournal.com]

Yay! Good for you! Isn't it so nice when something anxiety-producing is over (unless you have more anxiety afterwards, of course)? :)

[zana16.livejournal.com]

For several months, I've been scolding myself about not doing it. I caught myself scolding myself just now, and thought, nothing to scold for! Wow!