So.......much-too-young guy, who disappeared in the beginning of January without a word? Showed back up today!
The good news - kind of sweetly apologetic, and still as clever and cute as I remember him. Weird as it is, I had really missed him and was glad to see him.
The bad news - the reason for his absence was a bout of depression that caused him to "go turtle". My unerring gift for picking depressed guys is apparently still intact.