The Prodigal Blogger Returns

O Internet, like unto the story's eponymous character to which my title refers, I have been living a life of exorbitance in the months I have been away from you. I have indulged in such excesses as farewell parties, concerts, a surprise visit and even a birthday. I have seen myself become the senior foreign teacher in my office (a terrifying circumstance for all concerned, like unto the moment in the movie when the two heroes look at each other and realize, sickeningly, that no one is driving the boat/train/tank). I have become beholden to a terrible addiction and battled it with relative success (no, not colored pens, a much deeper, darker well of dependence - a Korean drama). There've also been some weird social/personal events.

All in all, it has kept me busy, but that is no excuse for the abandonment you have suffered, dear readers. Mostly my mother.

I promise to overwhelm you with updates, (up to and including photos I have finally rescued from their phone purgatory with my superfluous cunning and guile, and not a few indulgences bought from the priests of the phone photo gods) and in the few remaining months of my Korean sojourn, to make a more concerted effort to write faithfully.