Dani has a big problem.

[LUKAS MADELEINE]

Incoming life story (aka WALL OF TEXT).

A long time ago, in days of yore...okay, maybe it was only a year ago, I was a part of a wholly different roleplaying community. Said community died early this year, and ever since, I have been floating about Proboards, becoming accustomed to how everything worked, what all the trends were, and of course, learning the different coding system here. It's taken a while, but I feel comfortable on Proboards now – and for several months now, I've been planning on reopening my longtime brain baby that met an abrupt end when the server I hosted it on died, and I lost small chunks of information, as well as motivation with it.

Here is where the problem lies. I have a few issues that are going to arise soon, coinciding with reviving my brain baby. Jess (yes, the Jess you guys know on here) will be moving in with me come early December, as well as I need to be helping my mother attempt to make money for both my new computer, as well as enough to support all three of us until Jess can get a job here. Then there's the holidays, which are Thanksgiving, Christmas, and in my case, my birthday, as well. It's a bit of a cramped situation as it is. Throw in the fact that I still feel like crap and what little motivation I have needs to be driven towards my own site, I've come to the realization that I'm not going to have time for SA.

I've argued with myself for a week now, attempting to convince myself that I can stay, it'll just be tough. However, I know that this would be wholly unfair to this site, as I would neglect it terribly in the next couple months to come. As such, I'm at an impasse. I don't wish to leave SA, but I know it would be better than stringing the site along while I fight crappiness and set up to dedicate myself to admining. In time, if SA is still about when said time comes, I would like to come back when I feel better and things settle in a bit more. But this still leaves me with some issues.

So my lovely SA staff people – what would you have me do? Would you prefer an open-ended and VERY long away notice that could last for two or three months, or would you rather I just leave and come back when I can, so I don't bog down the site? Mind you I may still lurk about regardless – invade your cbox and such – because even if I don't have time to juggle more characters, I like you guys But honestly, I don't know what to do. I know that if I can I'd like to come back, but I'd feel far too guilty phasing in an out of and active-but-not-really-active state and pretending I could manage all this.



TL;DR - My life likes to mock me, and I'm not going to pull the wool over your eyes and promise I'll be active even through way to much to do. Do I bow out gracefully now and come back when I can, or do you guys prefer a very, very extended notice of absence? Since I do plan to come back if the site is still about once I have the time.

[RAYNA KELLER]

Jess has just as big of a problem...[/size]

Short story below... bare with me...

So like Dani I haven't been doing well in this adventure called life as well. Of course my reasons have differences in some spots. So as you have read I am moving, sometime in December, to live with Dani. Why? Because I've been handling a lot of stress and living with a friend calms the stress slightly. Plus I plan to do a lot of things once I move, such as get a job, and work on getting and car and one day a small place of my own.

The pass few months, and a lot of it, this month, have been hard. I've been dealing with a lot of family trouble, which is where most of my stress is coming from. Not only are my parents causing trouble but a few family members as well. I've also been having a hard time with me landlord. Mostly because I have a Pet Deposit to pay and she's making it into a living hell.

Pretty much she's been pushing to get money out of me or I'll have to get rid of my dog, I'd rather die. My dog means a lot to me and he keeps me happy when I'm sad. Also I've been over working myself, not that it has done me much good. Though I've tried, wanted to make enough money to move and make sure my dog and I are ok.

I've been getting sick like crazy because of this, the idea of writing just isn't high enough to force myself to sit up during the free time I do have. Like Dani I LOVE SA, I like every single person here. And I know my 'eh'ness' wont go on forever, but the time I need to get everything life-wise on track is an unknown amount of time.

I move, then theres Dani's bday, xmas, new years, trying to find a job, and stabling my contact with my family, all this is stressful and I don't know how long it will take to fix it. I'm hoping only two to three months, but I am unsure.

Like Dani I come to the Staff asking, What should/ can we do? Will we even be welcomed back when the dust clears? Will we have to make brand new chars, or can we work a way to bring back the ones we already know and love? This I leave in the has of those staff members I love <3

[BUBBLES]

So, I'm not entirely sure about the other staff, but for me, if life get's in your way, it should be your first priority. Sure, SA may seem important, but your life is the one you should devote most, if not all, of your attention to. Seeing as your characters have not been awakened quite yet, I can assume that they will still be made available to you, so long as no one else takes their face claims. And even if they do, it would only be a matter of changing your face claim to another that suits their description.

And I'm almost positive that you'll be greeted back with open arms once you feel like coming back to SA. After all, we all love you and will miss you greatly should you leave. I hope you guys the best of luck!

I can't exactly answer your question, seeing as Spike and Plum haven't seen this (at least, I don't think so), and we'd probably need to make an arrangement with Spike. I'd prefer if you can come back whenever you feel up for it, however I can't make the decisions on here, so when Spike comes on I'll bombard him with questions.