Sheyn vi toyznt zunen

[sovay]

I am no longer in D.C. I am no longer even on a train, which is the really important part. This was a rather fraught weekend going in and there were some epic complications along the way (meaning their stories will be told and retold endlessly at all appropriate occasions), but the short form is that it turned out to be a good trip and I am very glad, for a number of reasons, that I went. Further bulletins as sleep warrants. There hasn't exactly been a lot of that these last few days.

cucumberseed's review of A Mayse-Bikhl is now online at Versification. That wasn't a bad thing to come home to, either.

Comments

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it went... better than it could have gone? And wish you excellent sleep!

[sovay]

I'm glad it went... better than it could have gone?

It did! The bits around the wedding were lovely: Kramerbooks and Afterwords, strange_selkie and darthrami and my goddaughter, walking around the embassies on Sunday afternoon and finding a little park with tiger lilies and bumblebees and some kind of weird ornamental cherry or miniature horse chestnut. And I will take away good memories from the wedding itself, which was more than I was hoping for. fleurdelis28 and shirei_shibolim were there (the latter was the officiating cantor). I am very glad so was derspatchel. I don't mean it still wasn't strange, especially when the groom's family kept coming over to me and asking how I was doing, or that Rob won't tell you I tightened my grip at certain points in the ceremony or the speeches. But I kept my promise, and I think my presence there did what it was supposed to do. It wasn't the worst-case scenario. And if Amtrak had not been made of molasses and bust switches, the traveling itself would have been fine.

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

*nod* Good for you for enjoying the enjoyable bits of it, and (I'm guessing) getting through the less-enjoyable bits with grace.

[sovay]

Good for you for enjoying the enjoyable bits of it, and (I'm guessing) getting through the less-enjoyable bits with grace.

I was surprised how well the afternoon went; Rob said I made all the right choices about how to handle the situation. He's the outside observer, so I'm trusting him on this one. I guess I'm glad to know it can be done.