This is not a real absence, but it can feel like it.
It is the holidays, I'm changing jobs, my daily routine is severely altered, and it is getting darker (witch influences my moods). Half the week is gone and I haven't had the time to give my games the full attention they deserve.
All in all, I must face the reality that I have too many games going right now, and I have to step out of some of them. I am setting a cap of 6 games in total where I GM 1. I know Qralloq would say that these are rookie numbers, but it is a manageable number.