Well... My guess would be everyone was preparing for the long weekend...
Personally, On a quick test run to check some minor repairs, I blew up my front driveshaft (too much right foot, front end caught a bit of air coming out of a pit of goo, came down HARD), took a chunk out of the tranny, so I've been busy stressing and trying to fix that...
Going to try to braze it together (its just 4" of the corner where the pan bolts to) worst case, got the parts jeep, but swapping over that tranny will be a headache (involves both axles, flexplate and some other nasties)
Andy