As of yesterday afternoon, I'm back in the land of bacon, beer, and freedom! As I had feared, my internet downrange did not allow me to access SO but it was really nice to come back and see all the messages ya'll left me. I truly appreciate the support.
How's Pantheon II? Glad you asked! In my rare free time (6.5 day work weeks sucks donkey nuts) I managed to plunk out two more chapters but was unable to send anything to my beta so I'm still a ways out from putting anything new up. Fortunately, Uncle Sam realizes what a shit show deployments are and I get the next two weeks to fuck around and write without having to go to work. I should be able to wind down and get some words on paper.
So, TL;DR, thanks for the encouragement, I'm home safe, new content in a bit.
Cheers,
PuffD