Mmmmm-not the best choice/order of words there; it's been a long time since ISS!
Let's reword it:
Naturally, I'm genuinely pissed off at not making it BUT of course delighted instead to be luxuriating with the soon-to-be Mrs B in an exotic location a long way from Glasgow. Anyway, the new issue of pink chits won't be valid until I get back!
NB