05-31-2016, 01:12 AM
I've just taken care of the final logistical details for this year's trip (Tuition Fee, Entry Visa, Travel Insurance, etc etc), so I'm a lock. So that's the '3-Peat' of Homecomings for me (2014, 2015, 2016).
I also know that a lot more would like to attend than actually do; but life does present a few challenges. I can think of a few off hand: time off work, finances, onerous travel arrangements, personal and social doubts, explaining to family and friends what it's all 'about'. Those aren't easy hurdles to overcome, and if I had been ready to travel in 2013, I could have met Carla one more time than I actually did (in 2014). But that's just how things panned out. No regrets.
So ... looking forward to meeting whoever makes the trip this Year.
As I've said elsewhere, the 'totality' of meeting a person in the physical makes manifest so much more than what is conveyed in the forums. You think you get an idea of who someone is ... and it is accurate, to a degree. But the 'fullness' is something that imagination just cannot supply.
I also know that a lot more would like to attend than actually do; but life does present a few challenges. I can think of a few off hand: time off work, finances, onerous travel arrangements, personal and social doubts, explaining to family and friends what it's all 'about'. Those aren't easy hurdles to overcome, and if I had been ready to travel in 2013, I could have met Carla one more time than I actually did (in 2014). But that's just how things panned out. No regrets.
So ... looking forward to meeting whoever makes the trip this Year.
As I've said elsewhere, the 'totality' of meeting a person in the physical makes manifest so much more than what is conveyed in the forums. You think you get an idea of who someone is ... and it is accurate, to a degree. But the 'fullness' is something that imagination just cannot supply.