Phew, those last few days were long! First the car died (the cold claimed its battery), then the power died, then we lost water, then the car lived (thanks Geico!), then the water lived, and finally, 73 hours later, we have power again! Hard to say how long it will last though. I've heard Texas is doing rolling blackouts, so that means we might lose power again, and for how long, we don't know. Hopefully it doesn't come to that, but who knows right now!
What I do know is that I have to decide what I need to do for EA right now. On a normal , 30-31 day month, I spend about 14 days or so on each update. I update, take a day off work 12, test, update, repeat.
February is a short month already, so I planned on skipping my usual day off to work and give myself enough time for the next Darius update. Well, without power, without power for a few days, I could do quite literally nothing beyond clean around the house, build a lego set and read while trying not to freeze.
That said, I'm only left about 8 days to work on Darius, with my one for testing and me using today to get my home back in order. I do not like rushing things, so... I'm not going to do Darius right now (cause I would end up delaying into Spencer's month, and I need all that month for art and just making that ending the best I can).
Instead of doing that, I had another idea and figured I'd give you guys the choice on what you'd rather me do.
Option 1:
I'll just rearrange my schedule a bit. Housekeeping next, Darius after Spencer's finale (as opposed to Darius now and Housekeeping after Spencer). The biggest reason I had housekeeping after Spencer was that I wanted to use that time for a breather from ending Spencer and Chester's routes and to start dipping my toes into the Richard update coming soon. I just lose a little time to this.
Option 2:
I just skip this update completely and continue on with my normal schedule.
Both options have their perks! Option 2 might override regardless if I get sick (I'm feeling a bit under the weather, but that might pass with a normal meal and having heat again).
I couldn't decide what I should do, so I'm letting you folks choose for me. After all, I only get to do what I'm doing because of you all, so it's only fair I keep you all in the loop. Only running this poll for 24 hours while I use today to get things situated again.
Thanks for all the well-wishes too! Me and Wolfstar and Daisy are all well. Now to go dig all my food out of the snow (with no power, I had to keep it cold somehow!).