I'm alive! Really!

Crap crap crap this was totally the worst week ever to go on vacation. Not only have there been a lot of really interesting posts made by everyone on my flist since last Friday, I was completely AWOL for a whole bunch of important stuff. rashaka had a birthday. octopedingenue very much needed a hug, as did myrtlelarson, who also went on vacation with gweniveeve. clodia_risa, myrtlelarson, octopedingenue, and gweniveeve needed to have a very important discussion that I really really should have been around for. I am so sorry, everyone. It didn't even occur to me to mention, "oh, yeah, I'm going to Prague and Dresden for a week, so don't expect any signs of life on this end." So, yes, happy 21st birthday to rashaka, many many hugs and thoughts to octopedingenue, additional hugs to myrtlelarson, wishes for a good trip to her and gweniveeve, and to my lovely crackwhores, I'm going back to clodia_risa's post now to get my thoughts in. So. Expect flist and comment spam while I catch up.