just read it.

[Rebecca]

Dear SNers,

Welcome to the school year of 2010-11, filled with hopes, tears, and tragedies. Already I know of many problems that have risen in our lives, problems that we cannot control but have to deal with any way. This keeps us away from SN, and thus makes SN less active than I know we all want it to be. I myself am struggling to find the time to get on and write out a role play with you all. It's hard enough to juggle Honors classes, band (that takes up way too much time), and two hours of swimming three nights week, but adding the time that SN demands is a feat. I don't have a computer at my dad's house anymore, so that takes away a lot of possible SN time.
I'm sure that many of you can relate to my own situation. And it's not that I dislike role playing or writing... I simply don't have the time for it. But I'm not going to let that stop me from enjoying SN, and you shouldn't either.

The MarshClan plot will be finished whether you think it will be or not, and AR will be started by early mid-September. That is SN's goal for right now. And how do we reach this goal?
By paying special attention to the MarshClan thread and replying to it as often as we can. The only reason that the plot is inactive is because we let it become so and did not focus on it when we had the time.

Therefore we will finish that board and the plot at all costs. Whenever you can get on to SN with enough time to write a reply, make that board your main priority. I don't care what sub-plots you have going on, just do it.

Currently Hawkstar is leading MarshClan and DustClan to the Openland, where PineClan and OakClan will see the battle and join in. In the end, Marshclan will retreat and PineClan will follow their example. OakClan and DustClan accept victory, however at the next Gathering the warriors who were involved with the "Well Todd, You're a Fox" thread will publicly apologize to the Clans for not speaking up and starting to the mess in the first place.

We will then go straight in to AR, and hopefully by that time members will situated with their new schedules and will be able to get on more often.

SN will not fall into ruin or inactivity. Even with the little time I have for it, you can bet that I won't let it.
But my question is, will you?

[Rachel]

I'm responding to the MarshClan attack right now.

Also, I second not letting SitN fall into ruin, you all are WAY too important to me to let that happen. If I have to come find you and drag you to your computers by your hair I will.

That sounded a lot more creepy than I thought it would. But I'm not changing it. So get on.

[Dawn]

Alright, I'll go reply to it now but I have a question regarding Rachel's last post in the battle.
Why would Blizzardtail and Streampaw be going to the battle? I can't recall an interClan battle in any of the books where another Clan's medicine cats came along, as it would be putting them in harms way. They usually just bring warriors, then return to be healed at their own camps.
I was just curious as to whether we should send them into the battle.

[Rachel]

That's just Streampaw Dawn, she wants to help everyone. She doesn't think about Clan differences, or the fact that Sparrowstar wouldn't send his medicine cats into battle, she acts first and thinks later.

Blizzardtail could (try) to set her straight on that if he wanted.

[Hazel]

I'll go reply now as well.

I am going to be as active as I can as usual but normally after school I don't go straight home. I either go to my friend's house after school for an hour or two and then go out with my mom / come home or I go out with my mom. She doesn't like to sit in so we go shopping or something like that. Then when I get home I have to do my homework if I have some, luckily I didn't have much but I don't know if I can say the same this yeah.

My first three classes this semester are History, English and Civics/Careers and for me history is boring and Civics is stupid so I dont care about them but I want good grade and there is a lot of work :S As for English I want A's in it so it's important that I get that stuff done which there might be tons of. So I die a little it's from that and I might lose my internet because I almost hit the cap again :S but I wont be on day and night anymore so that might not happen...

[Dawn]

I gotcha Rachel, and I modified my post to include him telling her (:

I will also try to be more active, but I'll be honest, that probably isn't going to go too well. With IB, everything is a lot more rigerous and the work load is heavier. It's all I can do to hang out with my friends and get everything done.
Tonight I was lucky, because it was a 3 day weekend which gave me an opportunity to finish most everything. That and the tennis match is away so I don't have to go. Tomorrow their match is at home so I have to stay and make sure they don't... I dunno, set anything on fire, record scores, take pictures, all that fun stuff.

Of course, this week is when the varsity team is going to a tournament up in the mountains and I am not going with them nor am I staying for JVs practice (because they are a bunch of sassy pansies), so I may be able to be on Thursday and Friday more than I have been.

[frosty]

I, too, have very good reasons for inactivity.

The first is probably the most important; school. I have a hard semester, consisting of home ec, science, history, and french. I need to devote all my time to the last three subjects because I struggled a lot in science and french last year. I need an 87+ average in order to keep up with dance.

Which brings me to my next reason for inactivity. As you all know, dance is my number one in life. I posted my dance schedule on a thread in Mews, and it'll be very time consuming and physically draining. Dancing three days a week for four hours a week doesn't seem like much, but it really is.

Thirdly, I am applying for a job this weekend. I am trying for 20hrs/week, which is be beyond time eating. I'm trying to keep the hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, so it doesn't interfere with dance.

My last reason isn't all that important, but it's worth mentioning. I'm afraid my interest in Warriors is rapidly depleting. Maybe I'm growing out of it, but I just can't find muse, which is why I haven't replied to anything in forever. I'm really sorry, but I don't know what I can do about this.

[Rachel]

Just a note to add in, I know everyone is really busy with school and stuff, so to help out I started a thread in the mews section. Back home I tutored kids (juniors and seniors in high school) in a lot of different classes. I am more than willing to help out ANYONE and EVERYONE in academic areas. My schedule is a lot less demanding (but still busy) since my classes are spaced through the day.

I've posted a list of classes that I can be some sort of help in. If you have classes not on the list, just ask me, I can still try and help. I've taken a lot of math, science, english and history, so there are the core classes right there. Also, a lot of them have been advanced placement courses, so I can help with AP. Just PM me or post on that thread

[Rebecca]

I may take you up on that, Favray. Honors Geometry is currently kicking my butt. I'm barely understanding anything, and for an overachiever like me that's unacceptable. I'm scared that it's going to affect my acceptance into college or med school. :/
I miss Algebra I, where at least I knew how to work everything out and had an amazing teacher. Ah well...

My schedule for the rest of the year consists of Spanish II, Physical Science, Geometry, Band, English 9, World History, Gym, and I.R., and everything (excluding IR, Band, and Gym) is Honors. My English teacher is amazing but crazy; I already have two 1000+ word essays to write by the end of September.
High school swimming is about to start up, so I'll literally be swimming over ten hours a week sometimes.
So that's pretty much why I won't be as active as I would like to be.

[pretzel]

I will reply to the attack after this.

School and volleyball have both started for me and both have consumed most of my time. I have two hours of volleyball practice everyday after school and games on Tuesdays and Thursdays which keep me out until 10:00. When I am home, I am working on homework and college application stuff. So I have little to no free time during the week.

On the weekends that I don't have volleyball tournaments, I'm usually hanging out with friends or my family. My only real free time is on Sundays, but I usually spend that time doing things for school.

I am the vice president of my school's Student Government and right now we are working on homecoming stuff, so a lot of my time is dedicated to that.

Once homecoming is over (early October) and volleyball is finished (late October/early November) my free time should increase exponentially. But I may be getting a job this winter, so I don't know how long that will last.

Now, onto the subject of my recent MRI (this is sort of a long story, so please bear with me).

In the spring of 2009, I hurt my back while playing volleyball. Two weeks after that tournament (it was the last tournament of our season, so I was no longer playing) we went to the doctor to figure out what was wrong. The doctor x-rayed me, thinking it was a spinal fracture but they couldn't see anything, so I got an MRI. The MRI revealed a herniated disk between my L4-L5 vertebrae, which was pinching a nerve.

(The disks in your spine are like cushions between the vertebrae which allow for bending and such. They absorb most of the impact when you jump, walk, run, etc., making the spine like a giant spring. A disk is composed of a hard tissue surrounding a softer, inner gel. When a disk herniates, the outer layer tears and the inner pocket of gel pushes out (think of when you squeeze a jelly donut), pinching the nerves. This causes pain in different areas of the body depending on the disk that is herniated.)

I had pain going down my left leg from the pinched nerve. I started physical therapy and chiropractic care to help the disk heal. For this time, I was not playing volleyball. Eventually, I got better in the fall and was able to play for the club season.

Once school volleyball started again this fall, I was playing a lot more vigorously than I was during the club season. As a result, I injured myself again. This time the pain was worse, radiating down my back into both of my legs and even up into my chest, making it difficult to breathe. We went to a different doctor, who ordered x-rays and when they revealed nothing, another MRI. Which is where I was earlier this week.

The new MRI showed that my old injury (between the L4-L5 vertebrae) had completely healed, but a new one (between the L5-S1 vertebrae) had occurred. Basically, I herniated this disk, but the herniation was worse. The nerves leading down both legs were pinched, causing pain all the way down to my feet, along with a numbness/tingling in my feet. The doctor told me to stop playing volleyball and to begin physical therapy again. As of right now, I am still on the volleyball team, I am just not playing. But I still need to be at practice.

So, yeah, that's the story of my screwed up back. I blame genetics.


I promise I will do my best to be more active than I have been. I'm sorry I haven't been here much as of late.

[Rachel]

I must sadly say my time on SitN must decrease for at least the next two weeks. Today, about 3 hours ago, I found out my best friends mom got diagnosed with breast cancer. She called me extremely upset, and now I am going home the next two weekends (not including the one that starts tomorrow.)

Since weekends are when I usually get on, this could be a problem for my SitN time, but I hope you guys understand this is something I have to do. This isn't a matter of what I want to do, but what I'm needed to do. Cristina has been through so much, and she needs my help. I owe her that as her friend.

Please understand I'm not saying you guys are less important than her, because that isn't it at all. If this happened to any of you guys you could bet a million dollars I'd be there for you every possible way too.

If I can get on, I will. And I love you all. I'll be back as soon as I can!

Love,
Rachel

[auden]

I'm deleting my account

I'm sorry guys, but roleplaying has taken over my life. It's not healthy. It's like an addiction, and it's one I can't have. So I'm cutting ties with every roleplay site, and that means deleting accounts. I had an amazing time with all of you and it meant so much to me. You all were so nice and are so great. But lets face it, I haven't been on much anyway. I'm sorry to everyone I had plots with and I'm sorry for leaving like this. But I have to, for my own, REAL LIFE, health. I would have loved to play out the kit plot, but SitN is so slow that there wasn't time. Of course, that's not my reason. I'm leaving for my own good, not because of inactivity. You all were so amazing and meant so much, believe me, clicking "delete account." and "yes" when it asks if I'm sure will be the hardest things in the world.

If possible, I'd like to give Rachel, Frosty, Rebecca, Pretzel, each 28 karma points, Dawn 10 and Hazel 25. That should take care of the 154 that I had.

You all were so nice and so great. I'm sorry that I have to leave. Again, it's for my own health. I can't live in a fantasy world anymore, so I'm shutting those worlds down. I will miss you more than you can imagine. I hope you remember me now and then. Please feel free to adopt any of my characters and do with them what you wish. I will delete my account right after posting this. I'm so sorry, Somewhere in the Night, you meant a lot to me. But this is goodbye... these words were so hard to type. And I can't sum it up. So I'm just going to post this and go... goodbye. I'll miss you.

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[Rachel]

Auden, you don't know how much I am going to miss you. It won't be the same without you, although I understand your reasons for leaving. I don't know if you are going to come back and read these goodbyes, and from your message, I doubt you will, but I just want you to know you are a truly amazing person, and I never want you to change.

<3
Rachel

[Rebecca]

Auden, I love you. BUT SCREW THIS. I'M NOT FRIKKIN GIVING UP ON THIS SITE. YOU ALL CAN, BUT I NEVER WILL NO MATTER WHAT. BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A ROLE PLAY. THIS ISN'T ABOUT WARRIORS. THIS IS A FAMILY WHO TRULY CARES ABOUT EACH OTHER AND HELPS EACH OTHER OUT WHEN THE TIMES ARE TOUGH.