Absentee Apologies

No, you haven't been imagining things--or the lack of things, like responses to emails.  *sigh*  My mom's youngest sister died on Monday, and I've been scrambling ever since.  Greg and I are heading up to Pennsylvania for the funeral first thing tomorrow.  Will try to catch up when I get back.
I'm sad about my aunt.  She was one of the nice ones in a family not known for the gentle sweetness of its women.  But she had been diagnosed with metastic cancer a few months ago, so I can't say it's a surprise.
Things are far more nervewracking for

hundakleptisis.  His mom's taken another turn for the worse.  Please, keep them both in your thoughts.