Unfortunately I was unable to go due to a bereavement.Welcome back into the sloppy imperfect real world, where crying when loved ones die, is more important than marching on to glory with the freshly showered ubermenschen.
I know what you mean about 'touching base with old friends',but really,how many of them would hide you in their attic if the shit hit the fan?
That's one of those unanswerable conundrums which Malibu Prem has always been so adroit at sidestepping, but it's all cool. As he said once........'the only family tie you need is the one they give you for Christmas'.
