But the point is that I am able to write this, 48 hours before the big distraction event of the wedding.
Distraction from events back home has been put aside by sports minister Dagobert Banzio, who has assured the team of the government's support.
Reporters were ready with questions for Winston about the emotion of the week and the potential distractions the events off the field might have had on him.
The continuing distraction of the events of last September, when two access lanes onto the George Washington Bridge from the nearby small town of Fort Lee, New Jersey, were diverted, prompting days of traffic carnage, is certain to sap the governor's office of energy at a particularly sensitive time for him.
The attitude projected by the staff was that guests paying their room rates, which start at 146 euros, or $195, for a double, were a distraction between business events and private parties, something to be borne with a stiff upper lip, if not just ignored.
BBC Scotland understands he resigned to avoid "another distraction" from recent events surrounding Rangers.
My family can tend to get pretty chatty on these threads, and while that's generally fun, it can also be a huge distraction during work events, and during other times when I'd appreciate not getting a whole lot of noise mixed in with my signal.
In addition, Lynch said, Condit "was concerned about the media frenzy on the parade, and did not want to be a distraction at family events". The married Condit, 53, has provided few details about his relationship with Levy, 25, who disappeared May 1 at the end of a seven-month internship at the federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C.
Credit where it's due: Rise of the Guardians provides a welcome distraction at an event that has otherwise been rather too in thrall to broad continental comedy and over-familiar social-realist tropes.
"It's given me a new interest and kept my brain working". After his win in the men's 100m breaststroke, Peaty said he had been under a self-imposed social media blackout to avoid distraction before the event.
