I was gonna lie and say I was on a vacation.

But the truth is that the last two months have been chaotic. Like, “Olympic-sports level” chaotic. Or, “Extreme Chaos” chaotic. Briefly, we had to move in a hurry.

See, I read that? And I laugh. Because it doesn’t even come close to illustrating the sheer mass of the crap we had to cope with in the last two months.

And during all this time, there was a brief little bandwidth dispute with my hosting company that escalated into a full-fledged entrenchment, and dragged on, and on, and on … and the sites were the victims. No, the readers were the victims. And for that, I apologize. But we got it all straight, in the end.

It was a real eye-opener, I have to admit. A growing experience, too. For the first time in a really long time I was faced with a seemingly insurmountable task, and I had to do it alone. And that wasn’t all — of course, life went on during the time I had to deal with the move and all that meant, and sometimes life goes awry, so there were all the myriad little “issues” to deal with as well. You know the ones – the “we’re out of cat food,” “I need paper for school,” “the bathroom toilet is leaking” issues that never go away but seem to have a penchant for waiting to spring themselves on you all at once.

And this time, that big move was the background, foreground, and every single visual element of the portrait that was my life for the last two months. It affected everything. Trust me, you don’t know hairy-scary-overwhelm until you have to find a new place AND move in two weeks with a small child and NO help.

And some things? Did not get done. And I can say with all accuracy and personal integrity that I am (mostly) OK with that. I am not the kind of person that … OK, I admit it, I freak right the hell out when things go undone.  I truly do. But this time, I managed it. I accepted my limitations, and I embraced the knowledge that I was doing my best like the lifesaver it was.

So, we’re back! I’m back. I’m well, or at least as well as can be expected. And I have television and home internet access again! So, y’know. There’s that.