Glad you had a nice time on your sojourn, Yorick. (Why is it only ever called that when
you go off somewhere? The rest of us just go off on trips
).
Sounds like you have a great new apartment as well, very groovy and interesting. African-American culture is fascinating, I took a college class on it three semesters back.
I hope you feel better soon, by the way... being ill is never a laugh.