Elise, please keep me posted... I understand people DO take vacations, but they know the swap time is coming, why can't they just post "gone on vacation til ______". THAT would help a lot of us. Everyone that is in this swap should CHECK the Monthly Bee listing the 1st of every month!, contact your partner within a day of so, and get things settled. IF you are going to be gone for a bit, let them know - it's not fun waiting around not knowing if and when they will have a partner to swap with.
Jean