Every year, my family and I set aside a few weeks around the 4th of July to return to where my wife and I grew up for her family's family reunion. Since my time off needs to be scheduled 6 months in advance at work, I took this time off back in December (to be sure no one scheduled it before me).
Enter Covid-19, the Wuhan Flu or whatever they're calling it this week. The reunion was cancelled about a month ago and my wife's parents would rather we not visit this year, for obvious reasons (they're in their mid-80s and my father-in-law has had health problems the last few years). So, our trip was cancelled.
All is not lost, however. We've decided to spend a few days just travelling. It won't cover my entire vacation - but it should be fun.
We were also planning a trip to Disney World in May. Once again, enter the flu. Disney World closed. At the time, I was lucky enough to get that time off back and we rescheduled our Disney trip to later in July. We were very lucky, we didn't know if they were going to be open and we'd have to reschedule again (I have school age kids, so going much later in the year was pretty much out) but it turns out Disney World is re-opening.
All of that just to say - I won't be around much for the next month or so. I know I owe quite a few people some return correspondence (I work hard to reply to every e-mail sent to me, even if it's just a thank you for writing) so I'll try to get those answered. SOL has their amazing delayed posting capabilities, so I'll try to make sure the 'well never runs dry' for the story - but mistakes might happen. Finally, I'm hoping to get some more work done in 'Runesward, Tome 2' and maybe a bit more in on 'Incapable'. Somewhere in there, I'd also like to get started on the 'Ring of Command' re-write and conclusion.
Damn. I'm going to need a vacation from my vacation.