So the very long and overdue explanation

Is not going to be pretty, and cut for length.  Read below.

I suppose the best way to describe 2016 was that it was a very, very shit year.  For everyone and everything.  For me it started out okay, then slowly descended into the circles of Hell.  

It all started to go wrong about August.  At the time, I just had managed to land a transfer to a closer branch library than the one I was currently at, a 30 minute commute compared to a 1 hour drive.  I was feeling pretty pleased with myself.  Howev...