Why we've been missing.

I feel I owe any readers an explanation on why we haven't been around. Beyond the slump we talked about last week, we've been a bit distracted by our 'half':

I call this look the 'smolder'.

We've also had family in town, friends pass away, and travel plans coming up. I just wanted to make sure you all knew we were still here, just giving things their due priorities. Reading has been a bit sparse, but Trackgeek is reading the Accidental Sorcerer, and I'm reading a very old Patricia Wrede book - Caught in Crystal, but seriously it has been several days since we started them because of our packed schedules.
Hope everyone's having a wonderful start to your Autumn, and don't worry, we'll be back full blast soon. :)