So, I'm sure I'll catch all kinds of shit for it, but hey, I'm back all the same.

So here's the basic rundown, for anyone who wants it. If you want to skip the timeline, just jump to the last paragraph of the post and run from there.

NOVEMBER:
The start of the holiday shopping season hit hard. I was swamped with projects and plagued with injuries. Work was insane, and I generally came home without the desire to do anything. Then I dislocated my left shoulder sometime in the second week, and as a lot of you may know, that was my initial reason for "officially" disappearing. I kept working; my arm got better; I kept working some more. Thanksgiving came. I was going to wander back onto the internet because I could type again. It was cool. Black Friday was a bitch. Shopping was insane, but manageable. Then I was getting shit out of the ceiling for another shelving project when the whole thing caved in on me. That sucked. And then I fractured the same left shoulder that had finally gotten better.

DECEMBER:
I moved all of my "internet" time to my cell phone instead. I used Facebook Mobile and had pretty much forsaken the rest of the internet. Work was a bitch, I had one arm, and it was the midst of the holidays. I was miserable 24/7. I got sick one night, missed work because of food poisoning, and then developed some really odd rash that lasted from the second week of December into the second week of January. We still don't know what the hell that was all about. The day after Christmas was the highest grossing day of the year, and I did it all with one arm and one leg. I had screwed up my knee again a few days prior. The ER clerks knew me by name at this point.

JANUARY:
The rash went away, my shoulder got better, my legs started working again. Things were swinging upward. Positive, if you will. By the third week of January, there was nothing wrong. And then I almost broke my leg; separated my right knee. That was a bitch, but easy to fix. By that point, I was just avoiding coming back here for who knows what reason. Well, not just here, but a lot of places online that I used to frequent. I guess I just needed a break from it all... even despite having two months of bullshit prior.



What it really boils down to is the fact that I was MIA and the lot of you never had any details. For that, I apologize. I would have actually made more attempts at contact if not for my laziness and the confidence that the staff here could handle things. I am well aware that my absence has led to a lot of duties that were neglected, namely the "war" between a couple of our factions. This is not the place to discuss that, and I thank you kindly for your compliance in advance.

If anyone has any other questions, shoot. I'm back, so that covers it.