Yes, me too with the busy thing!! I'm quite behind due to being ill a bit recently, but have a big deadline for Dec 1st for my complete second draft. I'll do what I can and see what the feedback is - my main supervisor said it was 'looking good' up to this point, which sounds cautiously positive, though it will be an even busier few months after this. I am quite excited about there being a real end in sight though!! Someone said it gets to the point where you've lived with your thesis for so long that you don't want to let it go, but I am definitely ready to finish!
Funny about all the pirate stuff on the news recently, I thought of you! It's a totally different angle to the Hollywood pirates of the Caribbean thing, I wonder if it made anyone rethink their ideas about it all?