Well since someone so succinctly asked where the fuck I’ve been for the past 6 weeks…

The short answer? At home in bed.

The longer answer? When last you left your heroine she was preparing to take 2 weeks off work for some well deserved vacationing. She had a very long list of places to visit and people to see. However the industry she works in experienced some problems… problems that caused many companies to fold and the stock market to crash… problems that allowed me to discover that it really is possible to work 120 hours in 6 days and not see sunlight for any of it.

So getting out of town didn’t happen… what vacation I did have consisted of me sleeping in my own bed which was a novel concept after 2 weeks of sleeping at my office, sharing one couch with my assistant,… and a trip to the outlet mall.

Then the problems started. The weekend I was supposed to be living it up in the wilds of West Texas? Pain.

Pain led to infection.
Infection led to surgery.
Surgery led to recovery.
Recovery led to complications.
Complications led to more recovery.

And finally here we are. Sunday was the first time in a month that I was able to eat something more solid than yogurt. I’ve wanted onion rings for 2 weeks – I had those yesterday. I’m getting my energy back now that I’m able to get back to a regular (for me) sleep schedule and getting some real food in me. I still have to irrigate out my wounds 3 or 4 times a day. But mainly life consists of working all that I can, then sleeping, and more trips to Smoothie King than can possibly be healthy for one human.

And TV. I’ve worked my way through –
Rome Seasons 1&2.
Dexter Season 1 (twice) … (the best show on TV today)
Brotherhood Season 1
Nip/Tuck Season 4 (also in the top 5)
ER Seasons 6-8 … and part of 9 but the show starts to go down hill after Mark dies.
(seriously - there wasn’t exactly a lot sleeping to be had)

and now the Fall TV season has started so I have all sorts of shows to watch and fall in love with so they can get cancelled after 4 weeks. (still bitter over Fox canceling Reunion. Bastards.)

So there you go. I warned you I might not be around much. This wasn’t really what I meant but being online just hasn’t been in the cards lately. Although it has had a rather insulating effect. Not only do I have no idea what is going on in the personal worlds of friends outside of a few. I haven’t kept track of the world in general which makes phone conversations great. I hadn’t heard about the hurricane or the rioting… I hadn’t even realized that the football season had started until I was confronted with the reality of living within 10 minutes of one of the top 10 college teams. I did know about the Britney debacle but only because I got to watch that live.

And I’ve officially used all the energy I have so that means I get to take a nap now. NightNight.