...yeah, that's the benfit to me of living in boonienowehereville, but being able to travel. I would get my nerves fried living in a city fulltime, but I pop into NY or other places for a weekend, which usually includes some buddhist teachings, so that actually protects me in a certain way, having the contact with a cool teacher daily. I just have to get some good money, and then I'll come and visit this convention-thing and dance around. Hmm, I had been hoping to catch a ride last year with some of the NY crowd, but we've never met personally, and I can't blame them for being reticent about saying, 'sure, be wedged in our car for x number of hours even if you might be horrible' without meeting me...

The NY crowd is actually pretty decent folk. I know a stack o'kin from that area of the world and I do NYC myself at least once a year... more if I can.

I handle high energy environments pretty decently for an old guy *heh* But I do need periodic grounding... 'bout once a day in a high stress situation like a convention, for an hour or so.

Having connections to folk who ground you is always a good thing *nod*grin*

I know what you mean...you may have gotten my IM from the other day, where I say I'm your same age...so I can relate!