Suddenly, over the past few weeks, we've had more activities than we actually prefer. I'm sure we've not been this active outside of a poly relationship or weeklong vacation with playmates.

Mr. Fuse and I had sort of settled on an approach of casting many lines, because we found over time that most of the time the hooks came back empty. We'd also started taking the attitude that when we get a chance to play that we're excited about, we should take it. There had been too many times when a chance we didn't take turned out to be the only one with those people. I'm also talking about simply going out and meeting people, not necessarily playing -- though we've been doing plenty of that.

But statistics say that sooner or later a whole bunch of coins will come up heads (ha ha ha), and that's what's happening. It's almost too much. Our temperament is a bit more deliberate and we like to let each experience settle a bit, sort of like letting a wine's finish develop for a while before taking the next sip.

I'm sure this will settle down very soon and we'll be looking back on this time fondly during our next "drought".