Doors always open.
glad to hear he is still moving and shakin, feel the break will do him good, like Doc said , its amazing what you can do when your not sitting infront of the PC. With all the extra time he should knock off a few long term projects, he has been working on. half his luck,
And wish him well with his mum if you see him again from us all, he needs to spend his spare time with her, specially if she is having a hard time of it, you cant put them things on hold. you gotta do it while you have the chance.