Background:
For a combination of reasons, we've had either no Chat at all (eg Friday, Saturday, the first couple of days of next week) or Chat sessions that have gone spectacularly badly (eg Thursday, or the first little while tonight).
So I'm feeling really very short of
Also, I'm trying to be honest with myself, honest about myself with others -- and when I don't succeed, it's a disappointment.
At the party: I went to
I went carrying hugs for various people from
Hugging is difficult. More accurately, it's difficult in these circumstances. I did my best.
But most importantly of all, I was hiding what I was feeling inside, which isn't fair on my determination to be honest with, and about, myself -- and when I don't succeed, it's a disappointment, as I said above.
Please don't be mistaken -- it was a good party, I enjoyed it, I would come again in a moment.
But next time, I want the chance to bring
It was a good party. But this post is not a description of what it was, it's a description of what it was like.