User blog comment:Sunshineandravioli/Still Alive :)/@comment-1874924-20120117015743

I'm glad to "see" you again, Sunshine. I missed you dearly.

Actually, your hiatus was nine months, not six. (Hmm, what can sidetrack a girl for nine months? Oh, that's right, you said that it only takes about five months for pixies.)

Even with your protracted absence, you were often in my thoughts. Indeed, that is what gave me a last-minute idea for introducing your alter ego in the First Night of LTDI, when she originally wasn't scheduled to "debut" until the phobia challenge.

Since you wanted to know what's been going on with us during your absence, these were my high points:


 * May: 3000th Edit blog. (This was only about three weeks after you left)
 * June: TDI-G&S finally wins FS, after 10 months on the ballot (finishing 2nd or tied for 2nd in six of the previous nine votes)
 * August: I was semi-drafted to be one of six new admins
 * August part II: Became one of the wiki's all-time Top 10 editors by edit count. (Toad) quickly bumped me off, but I've since returned to the Top 10.
 * August part III: My DW finally joined the wiki, after toying with the idea for quite some time
 * September: Officially launched LTDI to great acclaim
 * September part II: 4000th Edit blog
 * Yesterday: Belated 5000th Edit blog. (I actually hit 5000 edits just before year-end.)

Again, welcome back.