So, three months ago I basically disappeared off the face of FA. This journal is to explain where I went.

Nothing exciting really happened while I was gone. There's no dramatic build-up. In fact, I'm not really proud of leaving without notice and not being on IM or anything at all.

It starts with a summer internship I took starting in June. It was out of state, and it was a big hassle to move everything. After starting my internship, I became occupied nearly 24/7, since I was going to work full time and spending a lot of time with my fellow interns outside work. I didn't go online much, since I didn't have much time to spend. But within the first few weeks I managed to carve out a little time before I went to sleep where I talked to Stripes about sharing a commission. But besides that, I didn't have time to browse much.

Things started to settle down after that, and I had a bit more time. But after that I felt a mental block about getting back on, since it had been a few weeks. I avoided getting on to talk, since I was embarrassed about not saying anything and disappearing. I hadn't indicated I was going to disappear.

So I didn't get back on after a month. And then two months. And then three. I logged on occasionally for a few minutes at a time, but I felt weird about coming back online.

I finally decided that this reasoning was dumb, and I'm admitting my mistake. I regret my decision to disappear, but I'm done with ignoring that decision. I am embarrassed to admit I stayed off the radar for a reason like that, but so it goes.