If I haven't seemed like my normally vociferous self, this is due to a confluence of craziness in my life.

1. This upcoming weekend is the 1st weekend of the LAST season of the LARP campaign I've been working on since 2001. Check out details at http://www.theisles.org

This alone would normally be enough to have me canceling social plans, staying home, and writing my butt off. Now, add to this the fact that:

2. I work in the travel industry.

Harmless enough on its own, but add an Iceland Volcano shutting down all air travel in Europe for a week, and...well. You get the idea.

Despite this madness, I've been very nose-to-the-grindstone and gotten the work done that needed to get done for the LARP. I have Friday and Monday off, so I can take Friday to finish any last-minute things that pop up, as well as to sleep in a bit. Monday, I intend to relax all day...unless I end up going to the zoo to hang out with my favorite black bears, Smokey and Bubba. Here's a photo of 'em: http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/.....57064_4545.jpg