Well then, welcome back! :D I love the Orre spinoffs, too. Especially Colosseum...well, since it brings back fond memories. But with XD, I love it because of how much more refined it is. It revolves around a very similar story as Colosseum, but takes place X amount of years after the events of the aforementioned game. BW2 took the same route, and it worked out pretty awesomely.

And don't even get me started on PMD Darkness/Time/Sky AAAAAAA
When I played through the story on Time, I cried at the end. Of course. But when I played Sky, I cried at the end even harder. Even though you know what's going to happen, it's just that the music creates SUCH an atmosphere and the characters' reactions are just so believable and ;_;
The whole story was full of twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire game during my first playthrough. I love Sky the most though because it's just so much more refined. There's more content added to it.

BUT before my tangent gets any longer WELCOME BACK HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO