My six day absence was caused by a variety of factors, but mainly the fact that I have been way behind with some of my household chores. I spent a good chunk of the weekend cleaning my house up, and yesterday I had to take the day off to wait for the HVAC guy, and in the meantime I shredded two garbage bags full of old paperwork, receipts and credit card statements. It feels good to get rid of the old, and I plan on dropping a carload of stuff off at Salvation Army this weekend. I also managed to read a couple of books.