Angst Report

Supposedly, the #1 fear most people have is speaking in public. I’ve always thought there were better things to fear like the dentist or getting cut off by an 18-wheeler, but I must admit that I do suffer fear of embarrassment from time to time.

Lately, those thoughts have swarmed around my upcoming trip to London later this month, while I tag along with my husband, who will be covering the Royal Wedding for the AP. I’ve tried to get some kind of reporting gig of my own for the 10 days we’re there — because being a reporter is my favorite form of psychological armor — but so far nothing solid has emerged. I know Warren will be super-busy, and I may or may not be able to accompany him on some of his assignments, so in my imagination I’m going to become a bump on the log, perhaps the biggest bump on the biggest log of all time (or would it be the smallest bump on the biggest log?) Everybody in London, the press, the Royals, the people who actually live there, will have something useful to do, while I will…

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