OK, two Ginger Cosmopolitans, two white wine sangrias, one shrimp-in-garlic-sauce and hot-fudge-sundae later, and I have to say, I'm feeling better. The "celebratory dinner" was tolerable, and now I know I can get through these business dinners w/o losing my mind. I can "play the game," as it were.Later, I really celebrated by buying myself C'mon Pilgrim on CD--my vinyl copy long since lost.
You are already free,
Without action or flaw,
Luminous and bright