I notice it too. Sometimes I can't even stand to wait that long, so I just come back later.
It is still on the free-host (cuz I'm cheap)
But I'm planning on resolving that as soon as I can $$ been tight lately
It is also a known fact that once you begin to change the theme on the forum, the load times become compromised.
I will change the theme back to the default blue until I can get this resolved. I will also be dropping the gallery (none has really even voted so... Admin's choice) on that subject
I believe the gallery, and games section also add to the load time, so... both they go