I do apologize to the guild for not being there for the Kara run tonight and as well as the one on Thr night.  It probably all sounds like lame excuses, but on Thr night I had no idea we were going to be raiding.  On Thr morning when I went to bed I checked the web site and the guild message and there was nothing about raiding.  I decided, after working 59 hours this week, that I'd not chance it and just stay in bed to maybe get a full 8 hours of sleep.  My gamble didn't pay off.  :(  And Fri night I got up early to log on in hopes of being able to join, but my sister-in-law called shortly after regarding a visit.  With nothing set in stone regarding guild plans, I told her I'd love to have her and my brother stop by.  Then the Kara invites started.  I tried!

As far as helping others, well, I do have my own goals.  If I'm in the middle of something I've been working towards I haven't always been willing to drop what I'm doing and run to the aid of someone else.  If something is planned out a day or few in advance and I'm off work during that time I love to plan for that type of a thing.  I try to always be available for an &quot;all guild run&quot; for anything.  I made it to 70 alone, got keyed for Kara NEARLY alone, so I know it's hard.  So I try to help out when I'm not in the middle of something.  I hope I'm not one nailed for being a &quot;guild loser.&quot;  But I've kind of felt that way with missing the last couple of raids when I haven't been at work, and right after the tier 4 dropped for me to boot.  I'm sorry for that.  I enjoy raiding with the guild and me not being there has nothing to do with gear or not having a good time.

Kind of unrelated to the post, I'm back to work after two short days and will be moving to Sat/Sun off for the next four weeks at least.  I'm supposed to have Mon off too, but it appears I'm gonna be stuck with mandatory OT from 6p Mon night until 1a, so that's pretty much a no go with regard to raiding. :(  Next week there's some funky training crap going on so I'm not sure how that's going to go down with regard to my time off.  Any time I can possibly be there I will be there for sure.