I'm ok, how are you, thanks for asking...

It's been forever, and maybe a day or so. Travel has gotten the best of me and my abilities to claim even a few moments of time for myself. That, coupled with the relative scarcity of the internet and telephone has silenced me a bit these last few weeks. For that, and little else, I am sorry. I fly home tomorrow at long last. It seems like it's been months. I feel wiped out, and beaten up, and I'm looking forward to a well-earned leave of absence from this dumb course that my life seems to have taken as of late.