Die Graefin bedauert

[avevale_intelligencer]

On Sunday we had a phone call from valydiarosada asking if we were definitely going to FilkContinental, and I said yes. Then I found out it was actually this coming weekend and not a week and a bit away as we had been thinking.

We have thought hard about this, and decided that we can't do it, for several reasons:

1. The Countess is less mobile than she has ever been, and although she very much wants to be there, does not feel she can handle the travelling.

2. I have been musically inert for over a year now, have no new songs or ideas for songs, and because of my own health problems am not sure whether I can cope with being with people, even loved ones, in large numbers for any length of time. I also very much want to be there, but there would be little point if I spent the whole time stuck in my room.

3. While I confidently told Jan I could handle packing and organising for both of us in the three days remaining (now one and a bit), I now think this was probably an overstatement, and we do not want to be keeping Valerie and David up till gone midnight on Thursday as happened last time because we couldn't get ourselves sorted out.

So this is us, bottling out again.

aunty_marion has the Countess' Awards, and if I can get the certificates done and emailed either to her or (if my monitor fails to return before Thursday) to someone at the con with pronting facilities (if there is any such person there) the Awards can go ahead as planned. If that isn't possible the certificates will happen later. I'll be emailing Kirstin and phoning Marion and Valerie to tender apologies properly to them, but this is a heartfelt apology to all those on my flist who were hoping to see us there, as we were hoping to see them. You couldn't be more disappointed than we are.

Comments

[keristor.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Much as I would alllove to see you (plural), your (plural) health is more important, and it is a rather long journet even for those of us who live nearer (for you it would be an extra 3 or more hours each way). *hugs*

[aryana-filker.livejournal.com]

*hugs* to both of you! I *so* looked foreward to seeing you again, but you have good reasons to stay home.
You will be thought of, that's for sure.

[katyhh.livejournal.com]

Oh no!!! *cries*
*big big big hugs* ... I miss you guys!

[aunty_marion]

I don't know if anyone at the con will have printing facilities, but if it should happen that I don't have time on Thursday night to print them out, I'll put them on one of my USB data sticks, and we'll see what we can manage. (We only get an hour stop-over in Brussels and just over an hour max in Koeln this year, which might not be enough time to find a print-shop and explain in broken French or German what we need...) But something can be done. I've packed the awards themselves, anyway!

I wish you were coming, but your health takes priority. {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}

[lastalda.livejournal.com]

This is sad... I was very much looking forward to see both of you there. But of course, health is much more important. *many hugs*

[shannachie.livejournal.com]

Oh. Sad. I was sooo looking forward to meeting you two again.

YOUR NORMAL E-MAIL

[towerofchaos.livejournal.com]

Just to let you know that your normal e-mail contact is bouncing messages claiming mailbox full. That might be the answer to the question you asked maeve_the_red. I'll get her to send her reply again when you let us know its OK. Sorry to hijack this thread, but I didn't know how else to let you know.

Re: YOUR NORMAL E-MAIL

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Just checked the nyrond DOT co DOT uk and the Blueyonder mailboxes and neither of them are full. I don't know why this is happening. Please try again, and if you get any more problems let me know.

[valydiarosada.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you won't be coming. :( I'll give you a call later this evening. *hugs*

BTW if you're still with cix, they do occasionally get problems with full mailboxes, as people have emailed me telling me that an earlier message bounced due to my mailbox being full. I try and keep my mailbox reasonably unfull. I assume that spam is the culprit.

[lisande.livejournal.com]

I'm very sad to hear this! But of course you are right, your health is more important than going to FilkCon. Know that you (both!!!) will be very much missed and recieve a bunch of virtual hugs from me! Please pass them on to the countess, too!

*bunch of hugs*

[eintx.livejournal.com]

This is such a pity! All good wishes to the both of you.

[patoadam]

Sorry I missed you two!

Wishing both of you good health.