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Several weeks back, I got an invitation from iamnikchick to come to a surprise-ish party for freeport_pirate's 40th birthday. Nicole, bless her, has never taken me off her list of contacts despite years of my having to decline them all. This time I thought about it, gulped, and accepted. And sure enough, I was able to go to the shindig this last Saturday, and had a great time.

Good conversation with people you've missed is at least as much about the act of being together as it is about specific things said. So there's not a lot that I would want to repeat as particularly funny or interesting to anyone who wasn't there for it. There is, though, one quip of mine I'll repeat. A couple of the other guests played 2-person Lego Indiana Jones for a while, and, this being that sort of an afternoon, spent a good chunk of it hitting each other and falling off cliffs, while Kate Lindroos gave them amused and exasperated instructions. My line "This is Two-Fisted Waiting For Godot" went over well.

The most amazing thing about the day for me is that nothing went wrong at all. I was well prepared in advance. My new clothes all fit. The bus ride down went according to schedule, and with pleasant company. It was a beautiful day, and not as hot as some forecast had led me to worry about. I had lots of good conversations, and some brief but satisfying hellos. I was starting to feel a little tired and a little spacey from BBQ smoke, and then robheinsoo was leaving and asked if I'd like a lift, so I got to skip the bus ride and go home with some of my favorite company.

No zonks, no seizure-like episodes, nothin'. I was really tired yesterday and still am today, but I've rest adequately and am set for the week's challenges.

And I wanna do it again. :)