Yeah, I had just wanted to make it through the holidays but then a few days after New Year's I got a very nasty virus. So severe that I couldn't really eat for a few days unless heavily medicated on hydrocodone for the pain. (and me not being able to eat is highly unusual!). So severe that the docs had to put me on anti-viral drugs.
I'm not recovered but the drugs seem to have cut the severity enough that I can function normally for the time being.
To be honest, I've been in a lot of games, and my life had gotten so busy, I'm needing to drop some of them, and was considering whether or not to stick with this one or not, but you guys seem to like me around enough. And the characters are quite eccentric...a mech, a dwarf, a halfling, and a beguiler (who am I missing? am I the only one over 4 feet tall?).
So I think I will stick with this one. Now if we can only get some momentum and coherence to the plot...