Here it comes ....

Well, it's the end of another semester and I've still got to take my exams. I'm a bit worried, as two of them are in subjects I've been doing relatively poorly in. On the other hand, I'm a moderately smart fellow and have a decent grasp of the underlying concepts if not all the details. Hopefully, I'll be okay.

In other news, I've got a part-time job starting tomorrow at the campus bookstore. It's only two weeks of work but it's two weeks of paid work. Nice as it is to be a published RPG product author, it's not paying well.
My players have said that they'd like to play a Weird West game this summer so I've had to scramble to learn the rules, read up on the setting and think up adventures while studying for exams and giving enough information to my players to let them build appropriate characters.
I'm working on a plan for my Fall campaign as well, but that's less certain. I know I want to run another Iron Heroes game (those are fun) but I'm not sure about setting, adventures, development or anything else. Still, I'm getting a couple resources that may help with that; we'll see how it all works out.

Okay, I need to wrap this up and get back to studying. Lots to study, still.

Relevance

So, I'm kind of busy right now. I've got tests, quizzes, homework, study session and classes. And all of it's fairly secondary. Instead, my mind is filled with thoughts of my games: my supers are growing and changing in ways that make me proud and satisfied, despite our inability to save a few blocks from super-powered racists; my Iron Heroes are about to save the world or die trying and it makes me warm to know that they've got a good chance; I've just become alpha of my pack and I'm contemplating our next moves, how we'll make them and who I'll rely upon to make sure things get done. Additionally, my spirit is feeling the call to religious investigation. I'm feeling the urge to research and explore the mysteries of the divine and how people perceive them.

It's odd, how what an outsider may consider to be the most important and relevant of my activities (school) is seeming to come up as secondary to my soul. I've got a tentative arrangement with my creator, I'm passing my classes and getting the work done, so my mind and heart feel free to soar in the realms of adventure, fantasy and socialization. It's ... odd but very satisfying.