she has no need to open a new thread. when she is taking time off she sends me a PM (yes, I take them from my fellow DISigners) and I close her thread. When she is ready to return she sends me a new PM and I reopen the thread.
there is no reason for a bunch of requests to pile up there while she is on break. I close my own DISign threads when I will be away for awhile since many DISers can't figure out not to load up the requests when I am unable to handle them.