Don't despair, GOLIKEAPRO, after the poles flip we should see even more activity on the downslope of Cycle 24 than we saw on the upslope. Sol may be saving his ammo for Comet ISON which is slated to graze the corona in about 2 1/2 months. By the way, here's a good amateur site at the forefront of tracking Comet ISON:

[link to brucegary.net]

And NASA's Comet ISON Observing Campaign homepage (lots of good info):

[link to www.isoncampaign.org]