"I'm all right. Trying to get myself reoriented to everything -- timelag plays havoc on the mind," he said easily. He wasn't feeling the time difference from home yet, but he had no doubt that he would shortly. Perhaps his propensity for being a night owl would help him out.
"Yeah, I've not been around," he said, feeling a twinge of guilt. He had wanted to be ... other things had just come up. Again and again. "I just got back in the country today, actually. How 'bout you, then? I have been out of touch with a lot the last few years."