Our business for sure has it's ups and downs. Sometimes life is really busy especially if we have taken on a new infant and we go through periods of barely able to read emails to keep up to date let alone reply. I think too when things are going really well for us we forget that it might not be for others and the purpose of this forum is to share the good and bad times and help each other out so when life is good is when we need those people to comment and keep others in the heat of bad times more grounded. For those out west I'm sure their minds have been on other things the last couple of weeks. Even if they themselves were not affected most will know someone that was and the mind just is on other things.

Also other things right now include end of school year, summer vacations, often a turn over of children in care, playing outside most of the day limiting computer time, etc. Maybe we should start a thread for a monthly check in so everyone could post what's up be it good or bad or whatever - not a place for others to comment, just a place to share our position with others.