So, yeah.  This has been quite the absence on my part, which is something that I’m not particularly happy about.  Without going into too much detail, things...have not been going amazingly well for me lately, for a variety of reasons.  While some of those issues are resolved, as much as I’d like to say that I won’t do this again, I don’t think that’s something that I can guarantee right now.  At the very least, I’ll at least try to let you guys know if something like this happens again.<br/><br/>This RP has been something that we’ve been able to keep going for close to 7 years now, and that’s something that I don’t want to cut short just because things haven’t been going my way.<br/><br/>I guess what I’m trying to say is that I am (and forever will be) grateful for the patience you’ve had with me, and hopefully I won’t need to rely on it like this to this level again.