A few days after Pesach, we had a(n absolutely beautiful) family wedding. For a good few weeks, I was extremely busy pulling lots of details together, including making sure everyone had all the parts and pieces they needed for the wedding and the pre- and post-wedding events.
Actually, I wouldn’t use the word “busy.” I would say I had become hyper-focused on getting it all done. Timing was like living a high-stakes Tetris game. And since the big event was so close to Pesach, my lists kept growing.
A wedding is a deadline just like any other deadline, except that it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience surrounded by other, smaller, but no less important experiences that all need to run smoothly. There was simply no room to get distracted.
And in the days leading up to the wedding, I didn’t. (Which is probably why the production team may or may not have nudged me for this particular Shavuos supplement letter once or twice.) Once I was in that mode, it was hard for me to force myself to stop running and clear my mind in order to work on a deep-in-the-future grid or to sit down and write a relevant letter. (I got it done in the end, as you see.)
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