But that's the name of the game

The past few weeks have been really tough for me. Not only mentally but also physically.

It started when I was asked to go to New York for work and try to get people interested in our game at the Toy Fair. There were some issues with this, first off...it was going to be over the weekend of Valentines day, and second I would have to miss a class.

Well I am so grateful to have such an amazing person that cares for me and understands that I will not be around on the most romantic day of the year. Not only that but there is some other special things that happened...more on that in a bit.

I was excited and very nervous for this great adventure...and believe me it was an adventure. Sometime in between my boss asking me if I could go and the day before I left, I was the person pretty much running the show. I had all of the equipment on it's way, I talked with the people that we were renting equipment from, everything was planned out. There were a couple of people that were local that were trying to help me out as well, but pretty much it was all me. Not like I needed all that extra stress, but anyways it is par for the course.

When I arrived in New York, mind you it was my first time and everything was new, I was expecting of walking around and checking out the lights and people. However this radically changed once I arrived. Upon checking into my hotel I had 3 packages waiting for me. Two were computers that had to be setup for the show, which is another terrific story in itself. Mind you that I left on Friday and the show started on Sunday. Saturday was the setup day, and to make matters even better the company decided that it would be an ideal time to release a new patch for the game. Well that was the highlight of my Saturday. If you ever wonder what causes people to lose it I will tell you. I had to watch a loading bar for 9.5 hours, on 3 different computers. Sounds like fun, right?

I think the show was a success. There were a lot of interesting people that I got to talk to and even more people that were interested in the game. This was the amazing part. Actually there were some things that I was not expecting at all, first was an interview. It was my first interview ever...so I had that going for me.

Oh, and I forgot to mention how wonderful that certain somebody special is. Since I was out of town, she sent me flowers and a couple of stuff animals. Talk about amazing. Even though I was thousands of miles away it felt like she was right there with me.

As the show was wrapping up, and I was slowly regaining composure, I had to leave New York. You might ask yourself what it was like. Well it was crowded and cold. Let's leave it at that. I wasn't able to walk around and look at anything, instead the hours that I wasn't working the floor (sounds kindof dirty, but whatever) I was resting in my room.

After I got back into town it was the rush of school. I had my final the next week. Being how organized I am and how well I plan ahead I had to take a day off from work to work just on school stuff. I started at 9 in the morning and finished right at 6. I am happy to report that it appears that it paid off. I ended up surprising myself on how well I did in the class and happy with the outcome. Though I must say it was the hardest class that I have ever taken.

So with school out of the way what else could happen right? Well guess what? This past weekend I was hoping to relax as much as possible, catch up on some sleep and what not. However I had to work all weekend, 13 hour days. Sounds like fun right? How about especially having only 10 hours of sleep over the weekend, that sounds like fun right?

It has been stressful and there has been a lot of work poured into this project. I hope that it will all payoff in the end. It appears that it is working out nicely and so far I am pretty happy with the results of what I have been working on. How else to I feel? Well tired. Very tired.

How do I make it through my day? Well I have that close someone that I get to talk to and think about. Just thinking about her gets me through. I am so very lucky to have such a wonderful person who is so amazing. I can't tell you how lucky I am...but I am so very happy. Let's put it this way, how cool is it landing and getting off the plane from New York and seeing your name on a sign with the girl of your dreams standing behind it? Really how much better can life get?

Take care, and look for Freaky Creatures on March 24th. I know I will be. Also if you want to check it out...you can find the counter and sign up for our open Beta on www.freakycreaturesbeta.com. Just a note, please look at the headline for day 24...

--Matt