I agree with bttrfly, not sure that I think it will go anywhere just yet but the pursuit of D is definitely tied to you. I think he is feeling you guys bob out of view and is having a hard time with it. Mine does that with all the move up north business he is always pulling.
I say good that you don't have this stuff peppered through the year. My trying time is late Dec/early Jan (anniversary, BD, then my birthday in an 18 day span). Once I made it through there, smoothe sailing.