Oh, no worries. I’m pretty sure I can hold my own, even against Apsu’s fiery vigor of youth (or whatever crazy and wonderful descriptions he uses when trying to get my attention on IM). One of the (few) advantages of being an overcommitting psychopath is that you get a lot of practice at this sort of thing :-).

I’m really glad that things are going so well across the (Pacific) pond and look forward to hearing tons more stories when you get home!

I’m now perhaps a bit regretful that I gave him that advice, given how obviously busy you are. No worries about our paper, though; I’ll wait until my return from the land of the Rising Sun to pester you about it.