I've been away too. On a tippy-top, oh so secret, mission as well. I can only tell you that I had to make a HALO jump from 75,000 feet, pulling the rip cord at 50 feet so that I was well under the radar when the 'chute deployed. But they did let me have rubber heels on my shoes for the landing. I can also tell you that I had to swim raging rivers, wade through swamps and other morasses, brave blowing blizzards, and fight off a grizzly bear and a lion with nothing but a toothpick while hanging upside pretending to be a bat.

How was yours?