I'm SO sorry that I lost out on all the fun at the gathering! However, I think this worked out for the better, too.
Hmmm, I find this very strange. I thought Donna got the times mixed up and by what I read in your post, you purposely missed the meeting. After all, if it weren't for Karen and Paul, you two would have never met so I would have thought that at least you guys could put in an appearance to say thank you...or did you both meet them previously?? Glad you had fun anyway.