I'm glad you're back and firing on all cylinders. :) I didn't feel too badly for Susan and Peridan, since surely they'll have lots of chances to meet; he'll have to come back for six-monthly reports, won't he? And the most important part - each of them has got the strong message that they care - is settled; now all they have to do is organise!
And yes, NFE was terrific. And interesting how many cross-currents there were between stories - Polly and Digory featured strongly this year! (And Frank and Helen and the Tree of Protection - it was the year of TMN!) I missed the NFE write-ins that you ran last year, though; they were great fun. :) 2015, maybe?