Sure, I understand. And you not being present hasn't disturbed me at all actually. As a matter of fact, I don't remember if I should be "annoyed" (or maybe a better word is "surprised") about you being gone since I don't remember what I had been discussing with you the last time. I guess it had something to do with Dark Energy in the thread? I don't know.
Anyway, I used to listen to people more than I do today, and wanted to please everybody which can especially be seen in DE. However, I have gotten rid off being like that and have started to be more selfish. Not in a bad way though!
So far, you probably didn't see why this would have anything to do with you (and I had to re-think myself "Why am I typing this?"), but I was actually referring to what you said about you being away and "hope you haven't disturbed me" or something similar.
There are lots of things in life I find more important than Dark Energy which is only a game, and nothing more. Sometimes I find myself thinking "I should really stop slacking off and continue this. Everybody is counting on me." while on the other hand (and more often), I just think "Why should I care about others' feelings... I have my own life to live."
So you being away hasn't disturbed me at all. :) (And as you can see, my life definitely doesn't revolve around DE. It did around two years ago or so, but I have changed a lot since then. I guess that has slowed the progress as well..)