saffronhare | Breathe. Strike a match. Say the prayers.

These days, orthopraxy is carrying my morning devotions. I remember when I was at West Point, we'd get into night-long arguments about which was more honorable: doing something AS duty required, or doing it BECAUSE duty required? The answer was never certain, and I find I'm thinking about it a lot lately.

Just 48 hours from now, I'll be well into the first day of walking for the Breast Cancer 3-Day. I'm not at all worried about covering the miles. I've trained, and I have faith in the support that will be there, and it's just up to my body to simply put one foot in front of the other. What has more and more of my consciousness occupied is the feeling that I'm going very far away for a very long time -- it feels like a journey of mythical proportions. I'm not at all comfortable with so much being uncertain, though I respect their reasons for not publishing a lot of details, and the notion of setting sail into this enormous experience with thousands of people I don't know. There's even a teeny-tiny part of me that's scrabbling and screaming, trying to find a way out of it even now, which I can only admit to because that part isn't winning. :)

If you sponsored a body part, it's important that you email me directly Very Soon so I'll know how you want to be represented (LJ's friendly redirected emails reach me just fine). My attention to everyday matters is diminishing by the minute and I don't want anyone to feel like they didn't get full value for their donation. Also: I need a flag. We're supposed to pack a little something to distinguish our tents from the masses. Anybody got something compact that would make a nifty thing to mount onto my tent? (grin) They've sent me a list of cheering stations along the way. I'll try to remember to post it, though I have no expectation of seeing anybody...or of having you be able to see me if you do show up.

My ogham reading this morning was very reassuring: Birch (for new beginnings, and protection) and White Poplar (for bouyancy and rising above problems). The journey is about to begin. I will be going away, but I will not be Alone. Blessings to you all for getting me to this place, and for being my companions over these many miles.

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I have plenty of scraps left from our garbing night... what sort of flag do you want? I might even have pink. 8-) I'm used to making Pack/den/unit flags, so I can pop the off quick, I even have 5' PVC flagpoles which double as walking sticks.

What, me prepared? Ha! 8-)

I've got the big-ass pirate flag you guys brought me from Disney...

ooh. That might be cool, particularl if you won't mind me attaching some pink pom-pom trim to it temporarily. I don't think I can pack an actual flagpole, but it will require some engineering to get it to hang properly...particularly since I don't know what the tents look like.

I'm seriously considering attaching some sort of awful bra to the tent. But I like pirates better. Pirates are *always* better.

You could attach obnoxious bras to the pirate flag, even...

Trying to keep the obnoxiousness low-budget. That idea does have a certain lyrical beauty, though, don't it?

I'm certain that people would lend you obnoxious bras if you asked for them. Most people with tits have at least one obnoxious bra, I think.

Oh, dear. This could be one of those "be careful what you wish for" moments, couldn't it?

K has the top to the gregariously loverly pirate bikini...there's almost enough there for them to be their own flag. Certainly you could fly them from the top of a pirate flag and have all bases covered.

they are very blue two-man tents. We will lay out the grid, rows are lettered, then tent spaces in that row are numbered. Do you have your tent assignment yet, or are you getting it at will-call?

I know what my tent number is, but my tentmate will be randomly assinged.

will you *tell* me what your tent number is, or do I have to go to extraordinary lengths to find out?

Jeepers, woman. I'm not trying to be difficult...but why do you need my fecking tent number?

::shrug:: I was just thinking of marking your space with something slightly silly to say "Hey, welcome to your campsite!" The intent was not at all nefarious or even embarrasing -- you'll have to bring your own gawdsawful bras, mine are all packed!

Thanks for the offer. But, since I'll be sharing a tent with some Unknown Person of the Same Gender, I figure I'll meet and greet before I decide exactly how to mark the tent. 'Twould only be considerate, y'know?

WOOOO! You go, girl. ;)

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