Somewhat Overwhelmed
I’m sure at least one person in the community has noticed that I haven’t been saying much in public these days. I want to take a moment and apologize, as well as lay out why that’s the case.
First off, I’m definitely not trying to ignore folks. If you’ve PMed me on DPWR, sent me an email, or otherwise tried to contact me and been met with silence, I’m sorry. I’ve been super busy at work for the past couple of months, and the onset of winter coupled with the fact that the sun sets around 5:00 PM here has left me feeling incredibly lethargic when I get home for the day. I typically manage to find the time and energy to read my email and skim some news feeds before collapsing on the futon for the night and zoning out to MythBusters, Countdown, Daily Show, and Colbert Report.
As some may also have noticed, I seem to have stumbled into helming Mysterium in 2009. This is super-convenient since I actually live in the host city, but it’s also a lot more work than even I thought it would be, mostly because I’m trying to keep the ball rolling while keeping a master plan for both the planning process and the event itself in my head. There’s also a fair amount of pressure, whether real or perceived, to pull this off well because of how passionate about Mysterium its attendees are, and that’s not really doing wonders for my psyche either ;). I can easily see why Eleri decided not to be in charge again this year, and honestly can’t fathom how Scraper managed to do it for 8 straight years (I think it’s safe to say I won’t be chairing the committee for 2010 if I can possibly avoid it).
I’ve got so many things to do in terms of digital projects and general around-the-house work that I’ve gotten a little overwhelmed lately, and when that happens my brain tends to go into full-on lockdown mode, at which point not much ends up getting done, which just increases the number of things I need to do later and furthers the cycle. It’s incredibly frustrating, and I’m going to try to work myself out of it over the next month or so.
So, with that said, I need to go do laundry, contact a few people about Mysterium stuff, start a load of dishes, and see if I can start banging on one of the various gaming projects I’ve got rampaging through my head. Then tomorrow I get to veg out to lots of food and good company, so that’ll be an awesome and welcome reprieve before heading back to work Friday.
I’m not dead! I’m just acting like it! 