Family visit leads to computer withdrawal symptoms shock

My father-in-law came to visit for the weekend.  Unfortunately he fell ill on Sunday, with a viral infection in his ear that meant he couldn't balance properly.  So he stayed a few days longer than planned.  This was pretty fortunate, really, because he'd have been worse off in his own house by himself, while here we could look after him.  In any case, he probably needed the sleep that the combination of illness and medicine brought on.

One non-medical side effect was that I couldn't use my computer during this time.  This showed me just how much I use it, for keeping in touch and for mucking about with game designs and such like.  Now that he's safely home, I can pick up the various threads that I've had to let fall over the last week.