I read your post because it was authored by you. You know, when E F Hutton speaks everyone listens
I just turned down a retreat: Reason being I didn't want to lug my sleeping stuff AND my quilting stuff.
The time it takes to load at home, unload at retreat, load after retreat and unload at home... I could have had a V-8 or gotten a whole lot of sewing done. Do I sound older and getting practical in my old age. Yup! And I ain't changin'!