It's been a period of upheaval these past days.  I'm handling it as best I can, but my usual diplomatic self is well, not my usual diplomatic self.  So I've been keeping myself offline as much as possible and off social media as much as I can.  I still check messages and reply if needed, but I'm limiting my participation in everything else.  I should be back in 8 days.  I hope.

For the moment, my priorities are just trying to stay sane.  In the future, if things work out, my priorities will be far different.  I'm not going to repeat this process any more than I have to.

Unfortunately, expect more of these periods for a while.  We must all pay for the consequences of our actions and of those around us.

- Jim