5/31/2012 - 186, NS
Early rise, and preparing for work, as I got to bed later than I expected. I can see the day ahead, and it's full.
I was reviewing my notes and impressions of the course at Camp Caravan this past week, and had a sense of a tangible change coming out. It has been nearly 5 years since the first course at Caravan, and I have a sense of a cycle nearing its completion. I came out of this course with information about the next courses, and I can see how I fit into them as a sequence:
- GCE OCG Preparatory AAD 6/1/2012 - 8/7/2012
- The Lunlunta course is probably off the table, but there is a lot of space between now and October
- Introduction to the Guitar Circle,. Cuernavaca, México, 1/28/2013 - 2/6/2013
- OCG course in 2013
I can see stepping into the House Manager role again if we end up back at Camp Caravan. I have some skepicism that the site will be ready for the numbers, but for now, I'm assuming the virtue. I can see that something larger will be completed for me at the end of the OCG course.
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Question: what is the work I need to do to reach a completion at the OCG course?
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Introduction to the Guitar Circle, Camp Caravan, Final Day
May 29th, 2012 188, S!
0630 - Rise
0715 - Sitting (Conservatory)
0800 - Standing Breakfast
0915 - House Restoration
The first departures of the day began at 7:30 - a large van-load heading to Boston. After breakfast, meet with the remaining participants to begin the process of restoring the house to a better-than-original state. We got a few things done the night before, and the many hands available mean that we get everything on my list complete by 10:30. Remarkable. The only thing I didn't do was give the team a reminder not to lose the things they had learned in the week, particularly maintaining some sense of Presence while doing this work.
At 11:30, the last large group heads on their way, including the rest of the GCNE folks. Robert's 11:30 meeting does not show, so when his transportation arrives, the Wonder Wheelies are packed, and after some kind words about the course, he's off.
Naturally, the 11:30 meeting arrived about 5 minutes after Robert left. She was disappointed, but seemed to understand (more that I've seen in others who have missed a meeting).
I underestimated my time to get myself out of the facility. Again. Even though I was off by about 30 minutes, cearly I need to work on my optimism in these situations. I completed my time at the facility at 1:09 PM and was on the road...
...and back to the Camp at 1:45 because I hadn't taken the motion detecting lights out of the port-a-potties.
Home at 4:00, unpacking the Jeep, putting away all of the sundries and extra food items. Officially completed my work as House Manager at 5:35.
Dinner with my wonderful wife, and relaxing for the evening.
0630 - Rise
0715 - Sitting (Conservatory)
0800 - Standing Breakfast
0915 - House Restoration
The first departures of the day began at 7:30 - a large van-load heading to Boston. After breakfast, meet with the remaining participants to begin the process of restoring the house to a better-than-original state. We got a few things done the night before, and the many hands available mean that we get everything on my list complete by 10:30. Remarkable. The only thing I didn't do was give the team a reminder not to lose the things they had learned in the week, particularly maintaining some sense of Presence while doing this work.
At 11:30, the last large group heads on their way, including the rest of the GCNE folks. Robert's 11:30 meeting does not show, so when his transportation arrives, the Wonder Wheelies are packed, and after some kind words about the course, he's off.
Naturally, the 11:30 meeting arrived about 5 minutes after Robert left. She was disappointed, but seemed to understand (more that I've seen in others who have missed a meeting).
I underestimated my time to get myself out of the facility. Again. Even though I was off by about 30 minutes, cearly I need to work on my optimism in these situations. I completed my time at the facility at 1:09 PM and was on the road...
...and back to the Camp at 1:45 because I hadn't taken the motion detecting lights out of the port-a-potties.
Home at 4:00, unpacking the Jeep, putting away all of the sundries and extra food items. Officially completed my work as House Manager at 5:35.
Dinner with my wonderful wife, and relaxing for the evening.
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