I understand, real life always comes first.  As long as you're still interested that's fine with me.

I would like to get some opinions from everyone though: should we go ahead and start?  I think if you have a post ready that you could go ahead and start, and I can just make sure we stop before the first trial.  The first trial is specifically designed to give characters a chance to interact anyway, so anyone who starts a little late won't miss much.