I'm not going to say I'm back, because that would be misleading. But I'm getting lots of "WTF?" email, so just wanted to take five minutes to say I'm alive. And well. Just busier than I've ever been.

The new job is amazing, but I'm either in a meeting or taking home work most days after 5. Finding a new work-home balance is a constant struggle, and I'm still figuring out how to do it. E-Scout was an easy thing to let fall by the wayside. And my guess is until things settle down, it will continue to be lower on the priority list. Right now, I'm just trying to make it home in time to spend more than an hour with my kid before she goes to bed. Once she does, I'm throwing in a load of laundry, trying to have a meaningful conversation with my husband and getting through the work things on my to-do list I didn't have time for during the day. I haven't finished a book in weeks. I'm not keeping up with personal email. I barely have time to answer the phone.

So where does this leave E-Scout? I don't know yet. It filled such a need for me when I was in a job that wasn't satisfying. And it's not that I don't have a place for it now, I just don't have the time. And because things are incredible, wonderful, amazing at work, the urge just isn't as strong.

To all three of you who've been regularly checking (and commenting and emailing), thanks. I've got a whole slew of things I want to blog about, and I suspect I will. I just can't promise when. I did take down all the sidebar stuff, because that took so much time. I never wanted to post when I couldn't keep that list updated, and hunting down all the links and stuff took a while. Knowing that I can now just pop in and write a quick update will make it easier.

I'm still here. And truthfully, I've never had it so good. I just need each day to be about five hours longer.