The Earth's Upheaval OOC - Out of Character Thread

[Psychofish]

Shi appreciates the save, but now I feel silly using my action point. I was figuring that riposte with sneak attack bonus would probably be enough to drop the drake- but I guess if Tawny hasn't done it with that blow, we'll know I was well underestimating it. @_____@  

[Kowsauni]

Well, I have learned to focus fire targets especially when there are this many enemies on the field, and the drake had the most damage against it. I figured if Tanwy's attack doesn't finish it off then hopefully your riposte will and now I will be in position to give you CA if it takes another round to eliminate the Drake.  

[Rain Yupa]

Sorry for the slow momentum, guys. Desert-winteritis got me and slowed things down for me. The incredibly dry air makes it extremely difficult to breathe for a couple days, and then becomes excessive coughing fits (which generally induce bad headaches). I haven't been in top form since last weekend, missing out on other RL things as well. Not the best way I wanted to start a new job sweatdrop

While feeling better, I still got out of work late tonight so that held me up. I intend to post tomorrow in here, so stay tuned!

This is what I've been like for about a week now sweatdrop  

[Rain Yupa]

Sorry for the unexpected hiatus, guys. The new job has been surprisingly demanding. There was a general plan of me learning certain aspects of the job, but a new program started which has drastically increased our workload. I've learned that pretty well but I haven't had time to really focus on the parts of the job I was intended to do, which has meant a lot of extra overtime to get things done because I don't know them well enough to get them done quickly yet. WIP.

On average, I've been leaving the house around 7:30 am, and getting home about 7:30 pm, and working full days Saturdays too for catch-up. My average day has been: Work, get home, relax a bit, have dinner, and go to bed. I haven't had time to go out with friends, and the D&D game I was DMing IRL has also grinded to a halt because I don't have the energy nor prep time to run it right now.

For my department, it's an especially busy time of year; they have to get final reports done for the previous year, and then immediately focus on inventory requests for the following year. Having only been there for 8 weeks, I don't know what else will happen in the year that might create excessive work, but I think this time of the year is ultimately the busiest for the vacation industry.

Definitely looking forward to when we get caught up! My department has a manager, supervisor, 3 analysts, and a specialist (me, since I'm newest). Originally the plan was to only hire me; with the new unexpected workload, they are now hiring 2 more people just to cope. They haven't even figured out where they're going to put them, since there are no available desks. X_x

So, yeah, my life in a nutshell. This will continue when I'm less overworked, promise.