Plan "B"

So, what's 2%? (this isn't a weight gain blog entry by the way).

* 2% milk is darn good, but 0% tastes like water.
* 91% is an A, 89% is a B.
* If 2% of the worlds population had cancer, we'd do something about it, right?
* 1 week out of a year is 1/52nd or roughly 2%.

(actually, I'm speaking of 8 days of a 365.25 day year, but don't make me get technical on you).

Well, my 2% is next week. I've spent 2% of my life camping at WP. It's the place that tells me I'm loved and accepted. It's the place, I can sow wild oats to reap them next year. It's the place I can do everything - and nothing. It's a significant place in my life.

Every year, me and 100** of my closest friends go camping there. This will be our 30th year by most counts. I've seen babies grow up until they can drive up on their own. Heck, I've been one. I've seen people die, and their widows/widowers don't come up any more. I've seen people change. I've see people remain the same. I've seen strangers hook up one year and become strangers the next. I've been attacked by ladybugs and butterflies. I've been eaten alive by mosquitoes. I've been lucky in love. I've been unlucky in love. I've been frightened of the grown ups leaving the bar drunk. I've left the bar drunk.

I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely days where I could not find a friend.

Oh, and let's not forget karaoke!

** Some names I could think of without thinking...Mom, Dad, Donna, Josh, Jude, Adeline, Michele, Bill, Aileen, Jenny, Eric, Colleen, Karen, Rachael, Kyle, Joe, Joan, Carol I, Carol II, Lisa, Kris, Jim, Janet, Kim, Dan, Craig, Emily, (can't recall Dan's wife's name) Kristi, Bill, Lucy, Lynn, Susan, Bill, Pricilia, they kids/grandkids/etc., Dennis, Pat, Richard, Jeanette, Moose, Scott, Mark, Patty, and that covers the people I can usually see from my porch. That's not counting the Lynches.