If you did something similar to what I suggested, then you win. Seriously.

The only thing an editor will hold against you in a situation like that is if you bring it up in public. Saying, "It's been my experience that sometimes Anna Genoese takes a while to respond to emails," when chatting casually on the internet or with your friends or whatever is totally different from bringing it up in public *to* the editor -- "You know, bitch, you ain't never got back to me, I'ma smack you down."

Which I know you would never do, but I am saying it anyway, cause I might as well. *g*