Aww, Now I feel like a mother who abandoned her babies lol *checks the place for scorch marks, broken vases carefully glued back together and tell-tale carpet stains*
I think this time of the year is when it gets busy before Xmas, getting everything in order and the serious stuff done and dusted so we can soon prepare for the Xmas wind down.
You sound like you're been going flat tack too, how is your dismantled set of drawers coming along? You must post up a pic, would love to see the monstrosity in all its hideous glory lol