Howdy folks, it has been a while. A very long while.

I'm sure most of you have forgotten me, and that's okay. For those of you who remember me, I hope you've all been well. I could write a very long description about where I've been and what has been happening, but that would go on forever, so here's the very briefest summary I can give of what has transpired since we last spoke:

• I got sick, very sick. I'm now a lot better than I was a few months ago, but it was pretty dire for a while and I had to go into a lot of intensive care. Still not completely out of the woods yet, but luckily through perseverance I'm being seen by a lot of the people I need to be seen by, so hopefully with time I'll make it through this. A lot of things have had to take a backseat as a result, including stuff like this.

• Due to all the things I've been through, my finances are not in such a strong state anymore. Therefore I haven't been able to really justify spending for giveaways and things, and probably won't be able to for a very long while (barring these few I'm doing now, but I've had these gifts in my inventory for a long while now). I understand if this means I need to be removed from your groups / whitelists, but I hope to return one day once my financial situation is back in order. I won't be entering any giveaways until I can return to do them myself.

• For those of you who took an interest in my personal life, a brief update: The friend I was close to decided to back out on me one day, without warning, so that didn't help matters. Took some time to recover, but I'm meeting and seeing loads of new people now. Still don't think I'm fully recovered, so I'm taking it easy. It is making forming new relationships difficult, but I've learnt a lot and the few new relationships I've made have been really fruitful, so I'm confident I'll be alright.

• On the brighter side, stuff at the British Museum is still going extremely well, and I've even found myself getting embroiled in national politics following the recent snap election (I'm a Liberal Democrat, if you're curious).

Hope you've all been well, and that these few giveaways I can do make up for my hiatus, which will sadly have to continue for a while longer. If you want to keep in touch, you're welcome to add me on Steam.

All the best,

• Kyle