where the heck is she?

Apologies. I've been busy, busy, crazy, crazy, busy. I've been perfecting a syllabus, preparing a class, writing a draft of a chapter for my dissertation, preparing a paper to be submitted to a journal (which will definitely be rejected but one should always dream), looking like a pretentious ass in every coffee shop in Santa Fe reading a book titled "Existentialism" - I think I need a sign that says "This is for work, I swear, really, for work," packing up all of my worldly possessions, of which I have way too many, planning a yard sale, trying to do everything I haven't done in the previous year in Santa Fe before I leave, and designing/knitting/ripping a shrug to wear for my cousin's wedding (that I'm submitting as a design - so no pictures or clues), and to top it all off, I have been indulging in this: