Things I didn’t expect this week
I didn’t expect to have my kids get sick just before I left them for 5 days.
I didn’t expect to get tangentially attacked as a result of Howard’s departure from Keenspot. I was extremely heartwarmed at the number of people who were offended in my behalf. Fortunately have so little respect for the person who did the attacking that I was completely uninjured by the comments. Besides sticks and stones can’t hurt me when they’re so poorly aimed.
I didn’t expect to sit parked in traffic for an hour on the way to the airport.
I didn’t expect to be on the same plane as my backyard fence neighbor.
I somehow failed to realize that for Howard conventions are for working, not playing. Once things got going, he wasn’t in social mode.
I didn’t expect to find myself so socially lost without Howard to guide me. He introduced me to lots of people, but they were all people who are very busy and involved in making this convention run. They don’t have time to be social either. It is dismaying to realized how isolated I am here at a convention where everyone seems to run with groups of friends and have worlds of fun.
I didn’t expect to get so exhausted.
Hopefully I’ve now filled my quota of unexpected events and I can find more of the things that I expected from this weekend.