If anyone noticed I was gone for a few days (you probably didn't - i'm not so important here!) it was due to me becoming crippled with pain in the early hours of Sunday morning and carted away by ambulance to have my leaking appendix removed. I don't recommend it at all - the whole thing was more painful than I could ever have imagined possible. But anyway I'm out now and will have 2 weeks to spend getting bored around the house!