One ready-made excuse
Take this and vanish gracefully.
I appreciate the email and regrettably will not be reading it promptly. I am away collecting sunburn, questionable snacks, and plausible deniability. Cross-functional anxiety should be routed through someone with more availability. A reply will follow when normal operations resume. For urgent matters, please use the existing approval path instead of guessing. I appreciate your understanding and patience.
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Tweak it, steal it, disappear for a while. Leave the breadcrumb if it feels charming.
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