Almost a year...

Wow, I can't believe it is coming up on a year since I've posted anything; time has flown! It's almost like another lifetime ago.

Alot has gone on in my WoW career. I've become a raid lead, I've been reinstated as an officer of my guild in April and also I've changed which role I play when I'm raiding, I've gone from being a Restoration Shaman to Enhancement (it's a melee dps class for those that aren't familiar).

I've celebrated my two year anniversary with Epicism this past March and am I glad I stuck it out after last year, it's almost like I've become a different person in the meantime. Some may say that I "got my head out of my a**" or that I've grown up, it may be either one but I like to think that with everything I've gone through in my personal and WoW lives that I've finally become capable of dealing with the stress of things a little better, not perfect mind you but a little bit at a time.

For those that have read the rest of my posts you may ask, what happened? Well, to keep things at a TLDR level I'll keep it as simplified as I can! Prior to 5.2 coming out I was given the opportunity to become a raid lead, it was either that or I wouldn't have a full time raiding spot. I didn't enjoy the team I was raiding with for Mogushan Vaults, Heart of Fear and Terrace of the Endless Spring anymore and I really felt that there needed to be a change to see if I still enjoyed the raiding aspect of WoW. This is a game after all, I play for my enjoyment! And so, with the raid lead position taken up there was only a space for an Enhancement Shaman, a spec I've played on a casual basis when it was needed since I've created the toon in Wrath. That was all in February.

By the time April came around, we didn't have a whole lot of active officers. The majority of them quit the game or raiding for the time being to have more time with their non-gaming lives. That left a bit of a predicament for the guild, with one officer left there was alot of burden for them. By default since I was a raid lead and starting to chip in on the work that the guild needed done I was offered to have an officer's position again, which of course I accepted. I like to think that I'm doing pretty well with handling it so far, I just take it easy instead of seeing it as a job like I did in the past. It really helps.

For the most part, that's what has happened this past year. The guild has also gotten a new Guild Master since the other was inactive and we promoted some others to complete our officer core. Wondering how my raid team ended up doing with 5.2 Throne of Thunder? We did pretty well considering I've never raid leaded when people listened to me instead of trying to overpower. We cleared out 12 out of 12 bosses in normal mode, it was an incredible journey and my goal for the tier was completed so I am extremely pleased. We had our ups and our downs, but I feel we've become a better team in the end of this tier. I'm confident we'll perform even better this coming one.

September 10th is the date 5.4 is supposed to be going onto the live servers, with the Siege of Orgrimmar raid being included....meaning Garrosh Hellscream better be prepared to meet his doom! It's almost time for another round of racing with the other guild group and the server, crossing my fingers for my WoW luck to continue and having another great tier!