Gah, work sounds awful! Reading so much stuff just numbs your brain--sometimes I find myself just staring at the wall like, wait, how did I lose 20 minutes???

On the Dean thing, both Winchesters are kind of weird that way. Aside from his one night with Madison, Sam has a three year dry spell after Jess. And then another three years between Ruby and Amelia, unless you count RoboSam hijinks.