magid

long drive down, compounded by the tail end of Isabel
longer drive back, due to evil traffic backups, and the inability to find the Garden State Parkway when headed north on the NJ Turnpike
small silver lining to heinous amounts of driving: seeing NY plate QU1CK1E
saw college friends and their large number of offspring
they go to a really nice shul, with friendly people
stayed up far too late talking
was fed yummy food
got to go to a couple of talks, focused on the time of year; R"H is coming far too quickly
Scrabble
did I mention staying up far too late talking?
party for an Israeli friend was a lot of fun
post-revel at his parents' was even more so, in some ways

So between staying up late talking, and staying up late driving, and intense amounts of socializing... I'm a bit of a zombie today.

I'm glad I went though, despite missing all sorts of events (as reviewed on my friends page :-). I don't know the next time I'll see my Israeli friend, and I haven't visited the college friends in far too long (back when they only had four kids...).

I found myself wishing I were more in touch with people, wanting more contact with the far-flung people who matter to me. My college castle in the air idea of everyone living in the same town drifted through my brain again; there's a different quality of interaction when it's local and frequent, and more likely to be in person, no matter how able we are to keep in touch electronically these days.