email gap

(n.) - A period of time when you do not open your email inbox due to travel, moving to a new home, or week-long bedrest due to flu or other health problems.

"Wow, I was out of town for so long, travelling on business, that I just didn't have time to pay attention to the email gap in my inbox."

-- Overheard at an office watercooler in Boston, November 7, 2010