Real life sucks! *Laughs* I don't have family obligations but I have two weekly Pen and Paper Roleplaying games to attend tonight and tomorrow night. Tonight I'll only be gone for a couple/few hours, chances are it won't even feel that much like things slow down. Tomorrow I'll be gone longer but I'll respond when I get home. I think the best way to do things is if someone needs to go for a while and isn't directly a part of the scene or can extract themselves without too much hassle, then that's what they should do. Just post that the character gets a phone call or some such.