I thought I'd go ahead and let some people know that I'm going to be out for a while. (Away from home, out of town, not necessarily AWOL, but pretty close.) A family member of mine is getting married, and a different family member decided to get married at approximately the same time. I will be attending both of said weddings. Now, normally, this would cause little issue when it comes to the online profile I try to present--being available most of the time, through notes at the very least--but the catch is that this half of my family currently resides within the ass-end of nowhere, Kentucky. I'm talking the "over the river, through the woods, between the mountains and buried so far in the past that I wouldn't really have to look too hard to find someone who thinks that people of a certain shade should still have their own personal restrooms and drinking fountains" sort of nowhere. Needless to say, my access to amenities such as a stable internet connection will be tenuous at best, nonexistent at the (most probable) worst. Now, this doesn't mean I'll be unproductive. I don't need the internet to keep my fingers busy, and there will be plenty of nights that I should be able to write in some musty, questionably clean motel room. In fact, I rather looking forward to taking a little leave from my normal life to visit with my family and devote a little more of my mental fortitude to working on commissions between socializations with the more... rustic half of my family tree,

Now, I don't really receive enough communication to warrant an explanation of what might be my apparent tardiness or refusal to answer your hails, I just thought that those of you who do like staying in touch for whatever reason deserve to know that I'm not ignoring you. Just know that I'm not going to be very reliably available for a couple weeks, for those of you who might wish to speak to me. I don't hate you, I promise. I'm just going to be indisposed for a while. I will, however, when I get the chance, do my best to get on and check up.

Farewell, and do try not to burn anything down in my absence.