Thank you, everybody, for all your crossed fingers and prayers and well-wishes!! I realize I often post again without much comment about this, that, or those previous comments. How rude of me!
I've just been awfully self-centered of late. And particularly lately, because - in preparation for this hearing - I've had to "build my case" in my head over and over to attach the "perfect" emotional undertow without blathering or, worse, sniveling during my presentation. It's a mightily ego-centric position in which to be. Makes one blithely unaware of peripheral stuff. Me, me, me, me, me.
And I'm afraid I am still going to be like this for a while, too.
<*grimace*>
I'm sorry. It's just the little kid in me running around and shrieking with unabashed glee. Just like this:
It's wear off. Eventually.